A Stranger's Kiss
Brenda Billock
- Alexandra’s
- father
- wants
- her
- married.
- Only
- she
- prefers
- the
- poor
- stable
- boy
- to
- the
- rich
- newspaper
- owner.
- When
- her
- true
- love
- is
- sent
- away,
- and
- she’s
- shipped
- off
- to
- live
- with
- an
- aunt,
- she
- feels
- doomed.
- At
- the
- turn
- of
- the
- twentieth
- century
- however,
- it’s
- not
- proper
- for
- a
- woman
- to
- do
- as
- she
- pleases.
- Yet,
- headstrong,
- and
- adventurous,
- she
- leaves
- her
- aunt’s
- house
- to
- find
- a
- job
- as
- a
- servant
- and
- giving
- up
- on
- love,
- until
- she
- meets
- Christian,
- a
- handsome,
- caring
- man
- that
- lives
- a
- sad,
- torturous
- life
- filled
- with
- nightmares
- from
- a
- brutal
- attack.
Christian
- has
- shut
- himself
- off
- from
- society
- because
- of
- the
- guilt
- he
- suffers
- for
- not
- being
- able
- to
- protect
- his
- mother
- from
- an
- attack
- that
- left
- her
- catatonic
- and
- hospitalized.
- When
- Alexandra
- falls
- into
- his
- life,
- he
- finds
- himself
- attracted
- to
- her
- beauty
- and
- her
- loving
- soul.
- He
- dreams
- of
- giving
- her
- the
- world,
- but
- her
- claims
- of
- loving
- another
- man,
- leave
- him
- disheartened
- until
- she
- makes
- him
- believe
- she
- only
- wants
- him.Still,
- their
- plans
- immediately
- go
- awry
- when
- Alexandra
- begins
- having
- mishaps
- involving
- her
- old
- beau.
- It
- makes
- Christian
- wonder
- if
- his
- wife
- is
- using
- him,
- or
- someone
- else
- is
- trying
- to
- ruin
- their happiness.
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