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THE RELUCTANT BRIDE
By: Anne Marie Duquette

Harlequin
March 2011
On Sale: March 8, 2011
224 pages
ISBN: 0373753527
EAN: 9780373753529
Paperback
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Romance Series | Romance Contemporary

Karinne's been engaged to Max for two years, but everything conspires to keep them from actually getting married. His job as a guide in the Grand Canyon. Her job as a Phoenix-based sports photographer. Her family's troubled past. And now, making matters even more complicated, Karinne has reason to believe that her motherβ€” long presumed deadβ€”might be alive, after all.

Now Karinne and Max are spending a week in the Grand Canyon on a rafting trip. It's supposed to be a pre- wedding vacation, a chance to enjoy some time together, an adventure. But it could be a little too much adventure. Especially when Karinne's mother, Margot, shows upβ€”with a shocking request. It's another thing that comes between Max and Karinne. They love each other, but that might not be enough for this reluctant bride to walk down the aisle!