The Bridegrooms

About this book

It Only Takes an Instant for Love to Strike Tragedy hits the Allenhouse family on a hot summer night in Ohio when a mother of four vanished. Eight-year-old Vada virtually grew up overnight and raised her three younger sisters while her father lost himself in his medical practice in the basement of their home. Now Vada is a grown woman still making her home with her father and sisters. Her days are spent serving as an errand girl for Clevelands fledgling amateur orchestra; her evenings with Garrison Walker her devoted if passionless beau. Dizzying change occurs the day the Brooklyn Bridegrooms come to town to play the Cleveland Spiders and a line drive wallops the head of a spectator. The fan is whisked to the Allenhouse parlor and questions swirl about the anonymous unconscious man. Suddenly the subdued house is filled with visitors from a flirtatious would-be sports writer to the Bridegrooms handsome star hitter to the guilt-ridden ballplayer who should have caught the stray shot. The medical case brings Dr. Allenhouse a frustration and helplessness he hasnt felt since his wifes disappearance. Vadas sisters are giddy at the bevy of possible suitors. And Vadas life is awakened amid the super-charged atmosphere of romantic opportunity.