A Doctor for Christmas: Confederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides

A woman fighting for survival after being left with nothing. A doctor ready to start fresh. And the arrangement that brings them together after the Civil War.

Nora doesn't believe in luck. If only that were true for everyone around her, too. She's been labeled bad luck since Pa and her four brothers passed during the war. When Ma follows soon after from a broken heart, Nora finds herself all alone in the world. Just her and God. As a Southerner whose beauty isn't enough to overcome her reputation, she takes a chance at a fresh start... marrying a doctor from out west. A Yankee doctor.

William hates war more than most. He's seen it firsthand as a battlefield surgeon. He wishes to settle down and live a normal life with someone who won't ask a hundred questions... someone who won't look at him and see their fallen father or brother and wonder if he could've saved them. So he chooses to marry a stranger. A Confederate bride.

Will the two of them find common ground and learn to love? Or will the pain of their pasts drive them apart?

This faith-based, standalone novella is part of the Confederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides Series by a variety of authors, but it can be read and enjoyed on its own.