Last Bride, Last Man (Book Three of the Red River Valley Brides Series)

Nadine Williams hadn't found a man to marry yet. She was one of the last mail-order-brides to come from the Red River Valley. If she didn't fulfill her contract, she'd be working back in a saloon, where she came from. But finding a black man to marry in Vada was nearly impossible. That is until Gabrielle Lewis came home to see his sister. Nadine had signed the contract, just like the other four girls, to marry before the year was up in Vada or work in the saloon. But no one knew the girls came from a saloon. She was worried about finding a black husband for herself. All the black men she'd met so far were either already married or too young. It seemed hopeless. However, while she was nursing Gerty back to health, Gerty's brother came home. Gabrielle Martin Lewis was a man's man, and when he found out Nadine had taken a married white man, he scorned her and told her to buy a wedding dress, they would be married on Sunday. That's how it all started. All of Nadine's hopes rode on the fact that she had to give her white lover up. Could she do it? Was marriage to a man of color worth it?But she married Gabe and her life began to change. What Nadine had to decide was whether it was for the better or not. She married a man who didn't want to make her his. Nadine had physical needs, always had. Could she dare to live with a man that wouldn't have her? Nadine Williams was having a hard time fulfilling her contract as a mail-order bride. All the black men in the community of Vada were either too young or married. She's almost given up when Gabrielle Lewis showed up, Gerty's brother.