Maribeth was only seventeen when she fell in love with the handsome...but poor Charles. With her parents blocking their union at every turn, both of their frustrations grew. Maribeth would ultimately marry a rich man, becoming a mail order bride in the process. But now a widow in her mid-thirties, she decides to make amends with the past...This story and more are featured in this collection of sweet mail order bride and Amish romance...She thought of her parents too - family she ought to love but hadn't seen in almost fifteen years. Would they greet her with love, or resentment? The last time she had seen them it had been a tearful goodbye, one full of anger and disgust for her choices - a choice she had never regretted, even if it had brought her sadness...Perhaps being a mail order bride wasn't what her family had wanted for her, but it had been her choice. A choice surely better than living a life she had hated, surrounded by judgement for who she chose to love. But whatever became of Charles? Did he marry? Did he think of her every night like she did him?