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Finding Her Frontier Home

By Louise M. Gouge

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Chapter One
Charleston, South Carolina
April 1888
“I am sorry, sir.” Her pretty face marred by a condescending sneer, the young gal seemed determined to shut the front door on Drew. “As I’ve already told you, Mrs. Mattson is not receiving visitors.”
His stomach chose that moment to growl. He should have eaten at the train station, but his eagerness to accomplish his mission won out over his hunger.
To her credit, the gal’s expression softened. “If you’re hungry, you can go to the back door, and our housekeeper will give you a sandwich.” Again, she tried to shut the door.
Angry at himself and this obstinate woman, Drew slammed his hand against the wooden edge of the portal. Blue eyes widened with alarm, she jumped back, sending regret spiraling through him. As usual, his temper had got the best of him. Most times he managed to hide it from others, but today the stakes were too high for him to surrender so easily to a stubborn female.
“Do you mind?” Her alarmed expression dissolved into a glare as she tried again to shut him out. As if this little slip of a gal had any chance of that.
He held fast to the edge of the door but wouldn’t force his way in. Better to tell her what was what.
“Ma’am… Miss…I’m Andrew Mattson. Don’t you think Mrs. Mattson would like to see one of her sons for the first time in close to nine years?”

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