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He came to town with a business proposal... Will he leave with a bride? John Butler's positive his old friend is the perfect person to open a general store in his new settlement out West--but first he must convince the man's daughter. The last thing Clara Morehouse wants as she takes over her family's general store is to uproot and move out West. And her family won't go without her. But after a rejected suitor tarnishes Clara's reputation, a fake engagement for her protection brings Clara and John closer. Can John show her that a new beginning is just what she needs...starting with making their pretend betrothal real?