Mary Margaret, and Margaret Mary McBain were identical Twins, but Margaret was getting Married, to Harry Richardson, and she was late, Jim McBain made a deal with Mary to take Margaret's place until the wedding, problem was Margaret didn't show up, and Mary had to mary Harry.Mary tried to put off Harry by impossible chewing each bite of her sandwich 100 times, er although she can try unless the meat was super touch I don't think much would be left after 40 chews, but 100 well.Anyway Margaret was to show up at 12:00 midnight.Harry has been having an affair with Margaret, and decided to marry her, he made a deal with Jim McBain to by some warehouses that were supposed to be filled with grain. They weren't.Mary told Harry the truth, and Harry let her sleep alone.Mary found a little blind girl in the room off from hers, and decovered Jennifer, or Penny as she is called because when she was little she couldn't say Jenny. And they formed a instant bond.When Harry came to check up on his reluctant bride, he found her asleep hugging his little girl. And Harry discovered he made a wise mistake.Mary and Penny were instant friends and Penny called Mary Mama.Penny and Mary went everywhere together, and Harry found out the woman he had hired to take care of Penny had only kept her in the house and in one room.Then Mary took Penny to a site seeing trip that turned out to be a demonstration, they got seperated and Penny was about to get trampled by a policeman's horse, when Mary ran up and tried to get the cop to stop, he ignored her and kept backing up, it knocked down Penny, and Mary Bit the cop.Mary got hit by the cop, and placed in jail.Penny found her way home, and Harry found a lawyer to get Mary out of jail.Jim McBain died and was brought back for his funaral because he had escaped to Brazil, and Margaret show up some days later.She wanted her husband, and the money her father had left for her. Mary wouldn't let her have Harry and Penny. But Margaret didn't want Penny.There was no money, but Harry put some money into a safety deposit box and said it was Margarets, to help get rid of her.Then Margaret stole Mary's perfume, and went to bed with Harry. Nothing happened, but Mary thew Margaret out of her home.Harry told Mary nothing happened, Mary didn't believe him, until he showed her the house he had bought and fixed up himself for her and Penny. Harry said he was too tired to do anything but fall into the bed. The accident Penny was in with the cop helped bring back her sight and she became even closer to Mary.This was a good warm loving book. But I like Susan Fox's A Wedding in the family, Helen Brooks' Angels do have wings, as well as Jessica Steele's Destined to meet, and Diana Palmer's The Patient Nurse, and Betty Neels' Only by chance better.
ThriftBooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. We personally assess every book's quality and offer rare, out-of-print treasures. We deliver the joy of reading in recyclable packaging with free standard shipping on US orders over $15. ThriftBooks.com. Read more. Spend less.