Delia Parr (Mary Lechleidner) is the author of 10 historical novels and the winner of several awards, including the Laurel Wreath Award for Historical Romance and the Aspen Gold Award for Best Inspirational Book. The mother of three grown children, she is a full-time high school teacher who spends her summer vacations writing and kayaking. She lives in Collingswood, New Jersey.

With no means to support herself, Ellie Kilmer agrees to work as a housekeeper for the young widower who lives on Dillon Island, hopeful she can obtain a proper reference. But Jackson Smith quickly realizes that Ellie's presence may solve his own problems--both the rearing of his young boys and the scandal that surrounds his first marriage.   
  
When a marriage of convenience is offered, Ellie is initially humiliated. Though she is past the age most women marry, she has more pride than to agree to his outlandish suggestion. Yet what options does she have? To marry would mean a home and stability. So despite the rumors circling Jackson and his first wife, Ellie accepts this unlikely proposal...

Heart-Tugging Romance for Historical Fiction Fans!

Parr, Delia

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With no means to support herself, Ellie Kilmer agrees to work as a housekeeper for the young widower who lives on Dillon Island, hopeful she can obtain a proper reference. But Jackson Smith quickly realizes that Ellie's presence may solve his own problems--both the rearing of his young boys and the scandal that surrounds his first marriage.  
  
When a marriage of convenience is offered, Ellie is initially humiliated. Though she is past the age most women marry, she has more pride than to agree to his outlandish suggestion. Yet what options does she have? To marry would mean a home and stability. So despite the rumors circling Jackson and his first wife, Ellie accepts this unlikely proposal...

With no means to support herself, Ellie Kilmer agrees to work as a housekeeper for the young widower who lives on Dillon Island, hopeful she can obtain a proper reference. But Jackson Smith quickly realizes that Ellie's presence may solve his own problems - both the rearing of his young boys and the scandal that surrounds his first marriage.

With no means to support herself, Ellie Kilmer agrees to work as a housekeeper for the young widower who lives on Dillon Island, hopeful she can obtain a proper reference. But Jackson Smith quickly realizes that Ellie's presence may solve his own problems - both the rearing of his young boys and the scandal that surrounds his first marriage. When a marriage of convenience is offered, Ellie is initially humiliated. Though she is past the age most women marry, she has more pride than to agree to his outlandish suggestion. Yet what options does she have? To marry would mean a home and stability. So despite the rumours circling Jackson and his first wife, Ellie accepts this unlikely proposal...

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Another story that sent me searching on the internet and if I had followed every link I would still be looking!  
Set on the imaginary Dillon’s Island across the way from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1840, the island, in the Susquehanna River, is accessible by boat and by ford if the river is low enough.  
Plain Elvira Kilmer (Ellie) has been left penniless after caring for her sickly mother until her death. She went for refuge to a cousin who turned her out when she confronted him about his Mistress. She then went to this cousin’s brother who reluctantly gave her shelter but insisted that she go to work ‘voluntarily’ for a widower with two young children on Dillon’s island. This necessitated a two hour walk to and fro and of course a boat ride across the river.  
This harsh treatment sets the scene for the story but it evolves in heart-warming ways after a very rocky start. I loved some of the characters introduced and enjoyed disliking others, it is certainly not all plain sailing for Ellie, or Jackson, the widower, who has his own secrets to confront.

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