A bride's sweet surprise in Sauers, Indiana
(Book)

Includes discussion questions.

Regina's life isn't fair. She feels she should be able to choose her own husband, just as her two older sisters did. Instead, she's been told by her father she must marry a man she's never met--just so Papa can have a German son-in-law. But Regina has a plan. She's prepared to do whatever she can to make her intended dislike her...until one look at handsome Diedrich Rothhaus leaves her heart beguiled and her resolve shaken. Diedrich has two choices--remain in Germany and face conscription in the Prussian army or agree to an arranged marriage in America. He reluctantly agrees to marriage, secretly hoping to side-step matrimony and escape to the California gold fields once he reaces American shores. But reluctance turns to rapture when he meets Regina.