Disparity by @JuliaDaniels

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Modern day Margaret Bryce was in a jam. Her graduate dissertation was due in mere weeks and despite the enormous help her adviser, J. Whitman Bell had provided her, there was something missing from her paper. Dr. Bell decides the best option is for her to travel back in time to the mid 19th century so she could better understand the struggles- both economic and personal- people of that era faced. She agrees to his insane scheme, knowing it's only a joke, a way for her to dig deeper within herself to find the answers. Only, when she wakes up in Milton, and finds the year to be 1851, she knows she's in trouble.

John Thornton, the most successful cotton mill master in Milton is bored. His life it tedious. In his mid- thirties, he still lives with his autocratic mother and empty headed sister, and hasn't had much excitement. He decides that he needs to get married, that maybe a wife, a partner, is the biggest thing missing from his life. Unlike the running of his mill, finding a wife is a bit beyond his skill.

Once the two meet, sparks fly for both.

Status : Completed

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