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Gerri, November 10, 2006

4 1/2 Stars Can a debutante find happiness with a hog farmer?

Christa Fairchild?s debut novel marks this author as one to watch.

Elizabeth and Graham are the heroine and hero of this historical, which takes place during the last years of WWI. The story opens in England, moves to Boston and then to Nebraska.

Elizabeth discovers Barnard Frederick, Marquess of Bridgechester, the man she and all society thought she?d one day marry, is a morally corrupt cad. Tired of seeing pity in everyone?s eyes, Elizabeth travels to Boston to live with her grandparents. While there, her grandmother circles an ad for a mail-order bride. Elizabeth is not pleased to learn Barnard still intends to wed her and make her his duchess. She responds to the ad.

Graham once before married a woman by mail-order. The result was disastrous, except for the two children produced. Now a widower, Graham craves companionship and the warmth of a good woman.

Because of the fear she might be abducted and returned to England and forced to marry Barnard, Elizabeth travels to Nebraska, surprising Graham. Both are immediately taken with the other.

Before long, doubts surface. Elizabeth, daughter of an earl, wonders if she can be happy with no maid or cook, doing the chores expected of her?and married to a hog farmer. Graham has difficulty believing Elizabeth is as good as she seems. Didn?t his first wife appear perfect at first?

I enjoyed how the author brought in WWI history and made it integral to the novel, yet didn?t overwhelm the reader, and how she brought up important, basic questions not usually seen in romance novels.
Duchess on the Run is a sweet, delightful romance and I look forward to reading more from this author. I recommend this book.

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