Piper O'Riley just spots a "WOW" guy in a stetson outside
Health Aid
Pharmacy in Harmony Hills where she is manager. This
could be the man
of her dreams, even after leaving her last two grooms at
the altar. These
were "safe" men that just didn't excite her enough to last
a lifetime and
the love was lacking. Now it dawns on Piper that this
hunk has to be
Cade Donovan, returning for his brother Finn's wedding.
The fact it has
been 16 years since Cade walked out on Piper's friend's
wedding and out
of his unborn child's life, turns Piper cold and furious.
Learning only minutes prior to his wedding to Lonnie
Simmons years
ago that the child she carried was not his, Cade felt
jusitified in
disappearing from Harmony Hills. The town blames him for
running out
on his own son as he never corrected the lie. Cade and
his two brothers
have grown up with a physically abusive father who also
beat them and
their mother. Meeting with their deceased grandfather's
(Richard Hyatt)
attorney, they are shocked to learn they have inherited
over a billion
dollars and must keep it secret to avoid their estranged
father receiving
part of their inheritance until he has signed the divorce
papers.
Years
before a lie between the O'Rileys and the Hyatts created a
feud between
the families. Hyatt took over the market. The O'Riley
market was left ½
to Piper and ½ to Cade with specific stipulations in hopes
of ending the
long time feud. Searching for proof that Richard Hyatt
didn't cheat
Piper's father to steal the market, Cade and Piper can't
ignore the sizzle
between them. Hot sex is the ultimate conclusion, but
does love make
everything right again?
Another installment in the Donovan Brothers
novels has me dying to
read all the previous ones. From the minute I picked
CHASING THE RUNAWAY BRIDE up I had to
fight myself to put it back down again. Witty, funny,
emotional and
completely captivating as well as a tender love story
riddled with secrets
and hidden truths. I challenge anyone to start this book
without
absolutely falling in love with the characters of this
small town. I have not
had the pleasure of reading any of Susan Meier's works but
will certainly
make it a point to search them out in the future. A very
talented woman
to say the least.
Former Marine and current rancher Cade Donovan left his
hometown looking for a fresh start. But then Cade inherits
the grocery store that his grandfather won from the
O'Riley
family in a poker game more than thirty years ago. The
same
store that caused a bitter feud between the two families.
And worse still, Cade has to return home to confront his
past—and share his inheritance with the enemy...the
all-grown-up and sinfully tempting Piper O'Riley.
After ditching two fiancés at the altar, Piper has a
reputation for being the town's runaway bride. The irony
is,
Piper is woefully inexperienced when it comes to real,
true
physical attraction. And working with Cade is torture. The
kind that can keep a girl up all night imagining naughty,
delicious things. Things that Cade is more than happy to
show her...
It's all fun and sexy games...until the truth of why
Cade
left town comes out.