Was Cooper now admitting that he had placed an ad for a mail-order bride and written the letter to her? It seemed so to Scarlett...Clearly, he was having second thoughts about their agreement, but...had she done something to cause his doubts? Had it happened upon his first sight of her? Perhaps he didn't care for overly tall, rail-thin blonde women. Or had he changed his mind before he'd ever met her? Cooper Lassiter didn't give her a chance to tell him that there was nothing left for her anymore back in South Carolina. This was her last hope.
To be a mail order bride...