Milstead Doreen Milstead 
For the Love of Lilacs: Four Historical Romance Novellas 

Helping the Sick Child to Renew Her Life – A widower is left with a traumatized daughter who cannot see, hear or speak. After watching her mother die from a random gunshot wound, the little girl withdrew into a world of her own, leaving her father unable to cope or understand how he can save her PLUS Finding Work In America – A woman from Liverpool moves to America and to a pre-arranged job. The thing is – she doesn’t find out what the true purpose of the place where she works is until later, when an accident will change her life forever PLUS Found In The River – A young woman from Rhode Island takes the trek west to become the mail order bride of a rancher, but things rapidly deteriorate and her dream of becoming a mail order bride are left in the dust of the small Texas town PLUS Looking For The Golden Cross – A young woman out riding her horse by the river finds a man who is injured.