The Endearment

• Author: LaVyrle Spencer
• Publisher: Jove
• Year: 1982, Re-issued 1990
• Setting: Minnesota
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To escape life on the streets, Anna Reardon becomes Karl Lindstrom's mail order bride, hiding her past from him. Anna, who'd raised her younger brother, now must prove to Karl that she will make the ideal bride.

Readers are drawn to this sweet, emotional romance though some find Karl's uptight nature to be difficult.

Awards

• 1983 Golden Medallion in the Mainstream Historical category