Westwards
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Penelope Mills, her love for adventure knew no bounds though she hasn't even been outside the city she was born and bred.
Her parents were as strict as strict can be.
She could stand the strictness and let her travelling and adventures fantasies remain fantasies but then, she finds out that she is to be handed in marriage to her dad's best friend's son; a man so ugly as he was arrogant that had no ounce of respect for the women folk.
Penelope knew she had to find a way out; any way out.
There's a new hope from Heaven as her friend, Kim introduces her to Matrimonial Times (a magazine for mail order brides). Through it, she meets Cole; a man with qualities she had only dreamt of.
Now, she plans to travel westward to Cole.
Will they find mutual love?
Will she find what she was expecting?
Is travelling westwards really worth it?
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