She wrote and sold fiction and nonfiction to magazines while a stay-at home mom. Biery has written for years and is finally publishing some of her more recent work. But a lot can happen in the milk-year.**About the AuthorJ.R. Finally they strike a bargain, he will pay the taxes and save the ranch if she will nurse and care for his son until J.D. When Jackson tells her she is going with him, she refuses.

When Jackson arrives she has nothing left but her shredded pride and the determination not to lose the land. Pregnant and ostracized, she is determined to save her father and the ranch. By the time she can ride for help, the men who attacked her have told a different story of what happened and the town refuses to believe her.

Hattie Stoddard has been a victim of a brutal rape and seen her father beaten and changed forever. Despite the protests of his in-laws and housekeeper, Jackson leaves his wife’s funeral to bring Hattie home. Unfortunately, the only woman in the county with milk is Hattie Stoddard, the town slut. When the baby sickens, he must find a woman to nurse the boy. Jackson Harper loses his wife in childbirth, but is not willing to lose his son. But a lot can happen in the milk-year.The Milch Bride Texas is a harsh land in the 1870’s.

Then her father and son die.When Jackson arrives she has nothing left but her shredded pride and the determination not to lose the land. Despite the protests of his in-laws and housekeeper, Jackson leaves his wife's funeral to bring Hattie home.Hattie Stoddard has been a victim of a brutal rape and seen her father beaten and changed forever. Jackson Harper loses his wife after childbirth, but is not willing to lose his son. The Milch BrideTexas is a harsh land in the 1870's.

The Milch Bride by J.R. Biery