Misty's True Love — Ruth Hartzler

Misty went to live with her elderly aunt after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but when her aunt dies, Misty answers a mail order bride advertisement in the local Matrimonial News. The man is a rancher from Pioneer Town, where Indiana now lives with her new husband, Morgan. When Misty arrives in Pioneer Town, she is shocked but pleased to see that she already knows the man. The man's mother is not so happy with her son's choice of a former lady's maid as a bride, as she has already chosen for him Rosamund Swire, a suitable woman with class and good breeding. He assures Misty he will not bend to his mother's will, but when happiness is almost in her grasp, a devious plot brings her hopes crashing down around her. When Misty is accused of a wrongdoing, will her betrothed believe she is innocent, or will his mother's hopes be realized with his attentions turning to Rosamund Swire?