{"id":251377,"date":"2026-07-13T01:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/against-the-wind-amanda-cabot-1\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T01:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:13:52","slug":"against-the-wind-amanda-cabot-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/against-the-wind-amanda-cabot-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Against The Wind – Amanda Cabot (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If only Caroline could be so contented. \u201cAre you tired of working for Thelma?\u201d Caroline shrugged. \u201cIt\u2019s not Thelma. She\u2019s as good a boss as anyone could want. But I\u2019m tired of pricking my fingers and I\u2019m tired of women who take an hour to choose a piece of soutache braid.<\/p>\n

Mostly, I\u2019m bored. The only good thing I can say about working as a dressmaker is that Thelma pays me more than anyone else has. I\u2019m saving as much as I can, because I want to move out of my aunt and uncle\u2019s house.\u201d This was the first time Caroline had mentioned that possibility. \u201cWhere would you go?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not sure. I\u2019d like my own house, but it\u2019ll take a long time before I can afford one.\u201d Unless she married, but as far as Louisa knew, no one was courting Caroline.<\/p>\n

As Louisa took a bite of the sandwich Caroline had brought for her, the image of an empty seat at the dining room table flashed through her brain. Now that Alice and David were married, Alice had begun cooking meals for them at the parsonage, saying it was time for her to learn to feed her family. \u201cWhat about Finley House? Would you like to live there?\u201d<\/p>\n

Louisa almost cringed as she heard the words emerge from her mouth. Emily had always called her the impulsive Vaughn sister, and this would only cement that opinion. Still, it felt right. A smile transformed Caroline\u2019s face from ordinary to pretty. \u201cThat would be wonderful!\u201d She paused, perhaps remembering other times when Louisa\u2019s impulsiveness had gotten them into trouble. \u201cIs Emily taking new boarders?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Louisa admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI shouldn\u2019t have offered without asking her. It\u2019s almost ironic that I\u2019d suggest you stay there after I was the one who told Emily she was making a huge mistake by turning our home into a boardinghouse, but I agree that it would be wonderful to have you there.<\/p>\n

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ISBN 978-1-4934-4344-4 This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author\u2019s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Baker Publishing Group publications use paper produced from sustainable forestry practices and post-consumer waste whenever possible. 1kitap1.com\/en For Diane Thomson, with thanks for a friendship that has stood the test of time and distance.<\/p>\n

I miss our dinners together! 1kitap1.com\/en Contents Cover Half Title Page Books by Amanda Cabot Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Sweetwater Crossing, TX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Author\u2019s Letter Sneak Peek at the Next Adventure About the Author Back Ads Back Cover 1kitap1.com\/en 1kitap1.com\/en Chapter One MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1883 \u201cLouisa Vaughn, you\u2019re a fool to go back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phoebe Sheridan propped her fists on her hips and glared as she repeated the words Louisa had heard half a dozen times since she\u2019d announced her decision. \u201cYou have no future there.\u201d Though Louisa couldn\u2019t deny the truth of her best friend\u2019s accusations, she wasn\u2019t going to admit how much she dreaded returning to Sweetwater Crossing and seeing the changes her oldest sister had made to their home. Instead, she continued folding the clothing she planned to take with her and said as mildly as she could, \u201cYou know your mother can\u2019t travel by herself.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be back as soon as she takes care of matters.\u201d There was no reason to remind Phoebe that her father had died under what were euphemistically called difficult circumstances and that Louisa didn\u2019t want Mrs. Sheridan to be alone if she faced scorn or pity. After all, fear of the townspeople\u2019s reaction was the reason Phoebe refused to accompany her mother. \u201cI won\u2019t give them a chance to laugh at me,\u201d she\u2019d declared when Mrs. Sheridan had read the telegram to her. \u201cI won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louisa abandoned her packing and crossed the room she and Phoebe had shared for more than half a year to wrap her arms around her friend\u2019s waist and draw her close. Though no one would call Phoebe beautiful, Louisa had always envied her blond hair and what Mama had called Phoebe\u2019s patrician nose. They were so much more distinguished than Louisa\u2019s medium brown hair and ordinary nose.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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