Seven Brides: Lily by Leigh Greenwood
Seven Brides: Lily By Leigh Greenwood 394 pages Published by Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc. (1998) There were seven books in this Seven Brides series by Leigh Greenwood, and as it turned out, Lily was the last book in the series. Set in 1800s America, the series revolved around the seven Randolph brothers, who, one-by-one had fallen for girls named after flowers (Rose, Fern, Iris, Laurel, Daisy, and Violet – so far) and had settled down in marriage. Lily Sterling was a distant cousin of Zac Randolph – they were connected through Lily’s grandmother, who was a Randolph. Lily was the daughter of firebrand Reverend Isaac Sterling, who always gave out religious lectures to people whom he considered to be needing it. Lily was brought up to be the wife of a preacher: apart from being taught to run the household, she was also taught the Bible. As a country girl, at 19, Lily’s father had arranged for her to marry a minister named Hezekiah, who had very much the same worldview as Lily’s fathe