The Accidental Marriage
by Annette Haws
LDS Romance
December 10th 2013 by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Summary
Nina Rushforth was born with a silver spoon caught
in her throat. She and her father have mapped out a future that includes a
brilliant legal career, a marriage to an equally stellar attorney or Wall
Street whiz kid, and eventually the production of three perfect children. A
semester at St. Andrew's University in Scotland, was part of the plan, but
falling in love with a handsome missionary was not.
Six months later, after Elliot returns from his
mission and after a tumultuous courtship, Nina finds herself teaching at a
junior high school, learning to keep house in a minuscule apartment, and living
with a man who doesn't know any more about being married than she does.
Intimacy, cooking, laundry, lesson plans, and a tug-of-war with a possessive
mother-in-law prove to be more overwhelming than Nina can successfully manage.
The newlyweds awaken to realize the head on the adjacent pillow belongs to a stranger.
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Praise for The Accidental Marriage
“A thoughtful, heartbreaking, and
often laugh-out-loud romp… Annette Haws explores the interesting question: What
keeps a marriage together?”
--Terrell Dougan, a columnist for
the Huffington Post and the author of That Went Well: Adventures in Caring
for my Sister
“Haws delivers a story that makes
you want to rush to the end to find out what happens and prose that makes you
want to slow down and savor it.”
--Karey White, author of For
What It’s Worth, Gifted, and My Own Mr. Darcy
“If you want a story with plot, character
and real, deep meaning that will leave you thinking long after you’re done,
this is the book for you.”
--Shannon Guymon, author of Do
Over
About the Author
Annette
Haws’s literary strengths are based upon her experiences in the classroom. She
began her teaching career as a junior high teacher in Richmond, Utah and ended
it teaching Sophomore English at Murray High School in Salt Lake City. However,
her favorite assignment was a five year period at Logan High School teaching
English, coaching debate and mock trial, and watching the antics of her own
three children who were also students in the same school.
Her
first novel, Waiting for the Light to Change, won Best of State in 2009,
A Whitney Award for Best Fiction, and the Diamond Quill Award for Best
Published Fiction in 2009 from the League of Utah Writers. In July of 2008, the
Midwest Book Review selected it as a Top Pick for Community Library Fiction
Collections.
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