Publicada en 1904, casi al mismo tiempo que "La busca", "Mala hierba" contin a narr ndonos las peripecias del joven Manuel en su lucha por la vida. Con el mismo estilo descarnado y tremendista, P o Baroja nos retrata una sociedad de busconas, timadores y mendigos, a n m s abandonada a su suerte si cabe que en la primera parte de la trilog a.
Jennie risks everything to sneak onto the train and head west as a Mail Order Bride. When she meets August Bennett, her fianc , she despairs. His cool manner sends doubts roaring through her. Who is this man who doesn't smile, barely speaks, and keeps to himself? He is hiding something, and Jennie has no idea what it is. She stumbles through her new life, praying that things will be well and that she hasn't made a ghastly mistake. When Jennie and August are confronted by a group of bandits, Jennie learns the horrifying truth about her new husband. With all secrets revealed, she doesn't know if she'll ever get the happy ending she so desperately craves. Grab this sweet inspirational romance today
Sophie Baxter had been passed from relative to relative after her parents died. Eventually, said relatives passed on too, leaving Sophie no choice but become a mail-order bride. But in Sophie's case, she looked forward to it. No more drudgery, no more taking care of sick relatives, watching them die, then doing it all over again with another set. No, this was progress But when Sophie arrives in Independence, Oregon to finally meet her future husband, she gets more than she bargained for. A lot more Following in his father's footsteps, Fletcher Vander took to practicing law like a duck takes to water. Too bad his methods were so frowned upon by his current employers. Worse, his unorthodox ways got him fired. With a stiff upper lip, he returns home to Independence, where the unthinkable has happened Who'd have thought life in the tiny town would suddenly become so exciting? And in the midst of it all was a true damsel in distress. Maybe getting fired and forced to go home wasn't going to be so bad after all ...
On her sister's dare, Myrna Myers signs on as Mail Order Bride. What started as a simple joke, takes Myrna across the country to Nebraska to meet the man she is to marry. When she learns that Giles Macy is raising his younger brother, it only sweetens the arrangement for Myrna. She believes that she will finally have a family of her own.But there are things Myrna doesn't know. Secrets in Giles's past that threaten their very union. When the truth is revealed, things quickly fall apart. The folks in Landy City are only too willing to believe the worst of Giles.And what about Myrna? Can she trust a man she's only just met?
