Patience

Wanted: Women with religious upbringing, high morals, and a strong sense of adventure, willing to marry decent, God-fearing men. Applicants may apply by mail. Must allow at least two months for an answer. Patience Smith only intends to wear Lenore?'s wedding dress for a few minutes, but when a kidnapper snatches Patience away in a case of mistaken identity, she finds herself lost in the mountains of Colorado. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she escapes her kidnapper and stumbles onto an abandoned mining dugout and a lonely orphan. Patience has found herself a gold mine! Now if she can just get Denver City sheriff Jay Longer to help, she can mine the gold that will mean a whole new future for Patience and the rest of the mail-order brides. But Jay has plans of his own, and someone is trying to keep them away from that gold. Can Patience and Jay work together, escape the outlaws, and strike gold? And can they do it all without losing their hearts in the process?Copeland, Lori is the author of 'Patience', published 2007 under ISBN 9781414315393 and ISBN 1414315392.