HE MAY BE HER ONLY HOPE. SHE MAY BE HIS LAST CHANCE.
Miranda
Wentworth never imagined becoming a mail-order bride. Now
marriage to a stranger is her only hope of finding a home
where she and her two younger brothers can escape the
brutality of the Chicago orphanage where they live. With
any
luck, she can even start a family of her own, once the
three
of them are settled at Jacob Creed's Texas ranch. But
Miranda has one gigantic concern: Her husband-to-be knows
nothing about the brothers she's bringing along. What if he
calls off the deal when he discovers the trick she's played
on him?
Jake Creed is hanging on to his Texas ranch by his
fingernails. His nemesis, Alexander Blackthorne, is
determined to ruin him. Jake will never give up, but he's
in
desperate trouble. His wife died six months ago in
childbirth, along with their stillborn son, and his
two-year-old daughter needs a mother. The advertisement
Jake
wrote never mentioned his daughter-or the fact that he has
no intention of consummating his marriage. He's determined
never to subject another wife to the burden of pregnancy.
But Jake doesn't count on finding his bride so desirable.
He
doesn't count on aching with need when she joins him in
bed.
And he never suspected his bride would have plans of her
own
to seduce him.