“WOULDN’T THIS MAKE A GREAT PLACE FOR SOME SHOPS?” JO BLURTED OUT.
“You Helfings could sell your homemade noodles, and Mamm and I would have more space to display our bakery stuff and our summer produce—and we could get other local folks to rent spaces, and—and it’s on the main highway! Think of how much more business we’d attract here than we do at the roadside stands in our yards.”
Her friends stared at her as though she’d sprouted a second head.
“Are you talking about us running such a place?” Lydianne asked with a frown. “How would we pay for the property, much less the repairs it needs?”
“And what makes you think a handful of maidels could manage a bunch of shops?” Marietta chimed in again.
Jo planted her fists on her hips, grinning despite her friends’ very reasonable objections. “What makes you think we couldn’t?” she challenged. “We manage quite well without husbands, ain’t so? We’ve been supporting ourselves for years, so we certainly have the smarts to keep a joint business afloat. I think it would be great fun to run a marketplace!”
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“WOULDN’T THIS MAKE A GREAT PLACE FOR SOME SHOPS?” JO BLURTED OUT. Also by Title Page Copyright Page Dedication ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Matthew 22:37–39 (KJV) Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three Chapter Thirty-Four Teaser chapter ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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