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At twenty-three, Daughtry Lucas knows she will end up an old maid unless she can somehow escape her overprotective father. He refuses to trust her out of his sight, keeping all prospective suitors at a distance. A newspaper advertisement for a wife seems to offer Daughtry her only hope of escape. In a marriage by proxy, she becomes Mrs Nicholas Dawson and flees her father's ranch. Can this marriage between strangers succeed? Or will the dark strangers

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Can reconciliation occur when the betrayal has been so great?The past has harbored guilt and fear for Denali Deveraux, a successful young woman who finds that her desperate attempts to understand her beginnings may forever be shrouded in mystery. Her grandfather, Richard Deveraux, has manipulated her life with actions that clearly reveal his disdain for her, and her beloved aunts—the only ones who may possess the truth—remain pawns under his control.Her...

Les cousines Amanda, Sophie et Fanny Broadmoor sont comme des soeurs, mais quand leur grand-père décède, les dispositions de son testament pourrait bien rompre le lien qui les unit. À 17 ans, Fanny n'a jamais attaché beaucoup d'importance aux conventions sociales. En fait, elle a accordé son amour à Michael, le gardien de bateaux de la famille. Mais lorsqu'elle reçoit un étonnant héritage, elle se rend compte à quel point la société peut...

Sophie Broadmoor adore les bals raffinés, les belles robes et les bijoux de luxe. En fait, elle apprécie tout ce que lui procure la fortune des Broadmoor et on dit d'elle que c'est la plus extravagante des cousines Broadmoor. Pendant un voyage en Angleterre, elle s'éprend follement de Wesley Hedrick, un riche veuf qui lui promet mers et monde. Mais les promesses de Wesley ne semblent jamais se réaliser, et bientt Sophie se retrouve dans une situation...

Bestselling novelist Tracie Peterson joins Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, and Jen Turano in this collection of four novellas, each featuring a Harvey Girl heroine. From Kansas to Texas, the Grand Canyon to New Mexico, the stories cross the country with tales of sweet romance and entertaining history. In Karen Witemeyer's "More Than a Pretty Face," a young woman works her hardest to escape poor choices from her youth. Tracie Peterson offers "A Flood...

When her mother dies in childbirth, Jessica's father sends his infant daughter to New York to be raised by an older aunt. Aunt Harriet tells Jessica nothing of her father's offer to take her back, and pushes her into an arranged marriage with an abusive and unfaithful man. After her aunt and husband die, Jessica is alone in the world with her infant son. Returning to the Kansas ranch where her life began, she doesn't know whom to trust. Will Windridge...

When her sisters' tragic deaths halt her plans for marriage, Emmalyne, a girl from a family that requires youngest daughters to stay single to care for their parents, reunites with her former love years later when their families are drawn into a conflict at the local granite quarry.