In God's Own Time
Ruth Scofield
DID SHE DARE SAY, "I DO"?Marry Kelsey Jamison–and take on his five rambunctious children? Meg Lawrence knew she was crazy to even consider it.Years ago, with his flashing eyes and sunny smile, Kelsey had shared his heartfelt hopes. But he'd chosen another to share his name, crushing Meg's secret dreams.Now Meg had come home, sophisticated and successful. And Kelsey was free, struggling to run a farm and care for his family. Could Meg accept Kelsey's offer of respect and affection? Meg prayed for an answer–wondering if, in God's own time, she'd finally win the love she patiently waited for…Welcome to Love Inspired™–stories about life, faith and love that will lift your spirits and gladden your heart!
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#u1cf98252-3065-51a7-b884-2a83308d6a6c)
Excerpt (#u96177e57-475a-588a-8bf7-d621ec86b6e6)
About the Author (#u02b2025e-9887-54d2-9df1-b350ea229b4f)
Title Page (#uce0827bc-42b3-55c0-b516-c23a069bf4f4)
Epigraph (#u790744aa-784a-55fb-bd6c-f4c8e4befc1b)
Dedication (#u4b44f128-55df-5ea9-a8b7-4e1ace6c492e)
Chapter One (#ubf4a146d-97ed-5016-979d-b6c94d272ef3)
Chapter Two (#u584a1bb4-0c1e-5126-a9f3-ef1433a589cd)
Chapter Three (#ud0fcd8d6-5c52-5d5c-8dd9-2513c2aaf827)
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Dear Reader (#litres_trial_promo)
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The children cried out for a mother. He wanted a wife…
The more Kelsey tried to shake the idea of asking Meg to marry him, to come and make harmony of his chaotic days, to share with him the raising of his children, the more the idea grew.
Meg. Pretty and sweet tempered in a way that was seldom seen in this day and age. Yet a nineties woman for all that, smartly intelligent, efficient and seemingly tireless.
How impossible was it? His kids needed a mother, all right, all five of them. Who better than Meg? Whom he knew and liked—even loved—as a friend?
And what would she get out of it? His affection? He wasn’t sure if he had any love left to offer a woman.
But Meg will know all that without any explanation, his heart murmured. Asking Meg to marry him would be like asking a part of himself to come home.
RUTH SCOFIELD
became serious about writing after she’d raised her children. Until then she’d concentrated her life on being a June Cleaver-type wife and mother, spent years as a Bible student and teacher for teens and young adults, and led a weekly women’s prayer group. When she’d made a final wedding dress and her last child had left the nest, she declared to one and all that it was her turn to activate a dream. Thankfully, her husband applauded her decision.
Ruth began school in an old-fashioned rural two-room schoolhouse and grew up in the days before television, giving substance to her notion that she still has one foot in the last century. However, active involvement with six rambunctious grandchildren has her eagerly looking forward to the next millennium. After living on the East Coast for years, Ruth and her husband now live in Missouri.
In God’s Own Time
Ruth Scofield
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
Delight yourselves in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
—Psalms 37:4
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in time of trouble.
—Psalms 46:1
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.