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"A new bride's idyllic honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man from a recent one-night stand shows up in this electrifying psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Eight Perfect Murders"-- Abigail Baskin fell in love with millionaire Bruce Lamb: stable, level-headed, kind. He's a refreshing twist from her previous relationships. When she has a drunken, anonymous one-night stand on her bachelorette weekend, Abigail puts the incident out...

Caroline Myers had been eighteen when she'd first discovered how potent her grandfather's recipe for "tea" was. So, when her two maiden aunts suggested a vacation in Alaska, Caroline was sure they'd overindulged in the family brew. Why go now -- especially right after she'd just been jilted by her fianc�e? But Caroline didn't know that her well-meaning relatives had cooked up a scheme. They thought that becoming a mail-order bride for rugged Alaskan...

Jason Manning was not the marrying kind -- until a precocious teenage matchmaker interfered, and the born bachelor and sports fan found himself irresistibly drawn to single working mother Charlotte Weston. Beneath Charlotte's reserved exterior was a warm, loving woman whose tender passion rocked Jason to the very depths of his soul. Swept away by feelings he'd never known, he asked her to be his wife. But Charlotte had been hurt before and was afraid...

Katie Russell loves working as a telephone operator in Mercy Falls, California. But since childhood she has been expected to marry well. Her family presses for an engagement to wealthy bachelor Bartholomew Foster and though he doesn't stir her heart, their engagement promises a secure financial future. Working the phone lines one evening, Katie overhears a chilling exchange between her friend Eliza and a familiar male voice. Katie soon learns that...

Emmeline Carter was prepared for danger on the new frontier. But she didn't foresee the tornado that tore their wagon train apart. Now her father is dead, her mother and sister are injured and their twin wards are missing. There's nowhere to turn but the fledgling Kansas settlement of High Plains. Town founder Will Logan steps in to search for the twins and house the Carters…for now. He's not cut out for family life long-term. But Emmeline's...

"Jaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner who loves her job, but working with bridezilla Carrie Edwards has been a nightmare. When Carrie is brutally murdered, everyone involved with the ceremony is under suspicion. Detective Eric Wilder finds that there's too much evidence pointing toward too many suspects. Compounding his problems is Jaclyn, with whom he shared one deeply passionate night before Carrie's death. As the heat intensifies between Eric and...

Unemployed mill worker Zoe Hart jumps at the opportunity to emigrate to British Columbia in 1863 to find a better life and be reunited with her brother, who fled from home after being accused of a crime. Pastor to miners in the mountains, Abe Merivale discovers an abandoned baby during a routine visit to Victoria and joins efforts with Zoe, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women, to care for the infant. While there, he's devastated by the news...

"On the run from a no-good scoundrel, Glory reluctantly joins a wagon train of mail-order brides heading for Denver City. But her backwoods upbringing and fierce independence put her at odds with the other girls--and with the rules Jackson Lincoln Montgomery, the handsome wagon master, sets for their traveling party. Jackson had his doubts about seeing five young women safely to Colorado, and adding Glory to his charge only makes his job all the harder...especially...

Bo Creel and Scratch Morton are mighty proud of themselves. They managed to deliver five mail-order brides to the New Mexico mining town of Silverhill in one piece. The town is so grateful, they want to make Bo their marshal and Scratch his deputy. Since they don't have another cargo of brides to escort, Bo and Scratch are happy to accept the jobs - and even happier to attend the weddings of the fine young women they brought here ... As it turns out,...

"Leaving the past behind in Philadelphia, mail-order bride Sarah Dobbs arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom - a man she has never met but whose letters, her paper roses, have won her heart from afar. But there is a problem - Austin Canfield is dead, and Sarah cannot go back East. As Sarah tries to reconcile herself to a future that is drastically changed, Austin's brother, Clay, wants nothing more than to shake the Texas dust from his boots,...