Mail Order Bride Veterinarian
Susan Hart
- In
- the
- rugged
- landscape
- of
- the
- American
- West
- in
- the
- late
- 1800s,
- a
- young
- woman
- named
- Laura
- Guthrie
- dared
- to
- chase
- a
- dream
- that
- few
- women
- of
- her
- era
- would
- consider.
- Freshly
- graduated
- from
- a
- veterinary
- school
- on
- the
- crowded
- East
- Coast,
- Laura
- felt
- a
- yearning
- for
- adventure
- and
- open
- spaces
- that
- the
- teeming
- cities
- could
- not
- satisfy.
- With
- a
- steadfast
- determination,
- she
- packed
- her
- modest
- belongings
- –
- a
- few
- dresses,
- cherished
- medical
- texts,
- and
- her
- instruments
- –
- ready
- to
- forge
- a
- new
- path
- in
- the
- vast
- western
- frontier.Her
- first
- step
- was
- to
- visit
- a
- local
- marriage
- broker,
- for
- Laura
- knew
- that
- to
- truly
- build
- the
- life
- she
- envisioned,
- she
- would
- need
- a
- partner
- by
- her
- side.
- After
- poring
- over
- the
- listings
- of
- eligible
- bachelors,
- one
- name
- caught
- her
- eye
- –
- Roger
- Lovell,
- a
- rancher
- with
- a
- modest
- homestead
- and
- a
- menagerie
- of
- livestock
- in
- need
- of
- a
- caretaker
- with
- medical
- expertise.
- Laura's
- heart
- leapt
- at
- the
- prospect,
- for
- she
- could
- envision
- herself
- not
- only
- as
- Roger's
- wife
- but
- as
- the
- healer
- his
- animals
- so
- desperately required.
