Download or read book A Small Town Marriage written by La Marchesa Colombi and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This 1885 novella, which reappeared in 1973 under the editorship of the late Italo Calvino, was the most celebrated work of a pseudonymous Italian writer who may remind contemporary readers of an edgier, funnier George Sand . . . A trailblazing work, in its way, and a most welcome rediscovery." —Kirkus Reviews Denza Dellara is a clumsy Cinderella too big for her hand-me-downs, saddled with a family that frustrates her hopes, and in love with a gargantuan Prince Charming who woos and then betrays her. An engaging Frog Prince appears, and though he has an enormous wart on his forehead, he can end her daydreaming and save her from impending spinsterhood . . . if she lets him.

Download or read book Call Me Crazy written by Melanie Harlow and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the perfect plan.I needed a wife--temporarily--in order to inherit the family business.And she needed a favor--the kind that takes nine months to deliver.We had it all worked out, from the no-touching policy on our wedding night (her rule) to the no-falling-in-love decree (mine). She'd marry me, I'd give her the means to have the baby she'd always wanted, and one year later we'd amicably part ways with no hassle, no demands, and certainly no regrets.After all, Bianca DeRossi and I are experts at infuriating one another--we've been doing it since we were kids. Trouble is, she grew up gorgeous and feisty, and she still knows exactly how to get under my skin.And that wedding night? Well, it doesn't exactly go down hands-free.Then she moves in with me, and I really start to lose my mind. From her sexy little pout to her wicked sense of humor to those meatball sandwiches she makes just because she knows they're my favorite . . . I find myself wanting to break every rule we put in place. Our story was never supposed to end with happily ever after. But call me crazy, I just might be in love with my wife.

Download or read book That Wedding written by Jillian Dodd and published by Swoonworthy Books. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marry the boy next door in this sweet contemporary romance by USA Today Best Selling Author, Jillian Dodd. The gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he's that boy. The boy I want to marry. My prince. My happily ever after. But then our pastor starts asking lots of questions. His parents say I haven't dealt with my past. I have horrible wedding disaster dreams. I can't find the perfect dress. I have to manipulate him to get my way. An old boyfriend asks me to run away with him. My best friend says I'm going to ruin everything. And forever starts to sound like a really long time. Which totally freaks me out and makes me question everything I know. Should best friends get married? Will my past affect our relationship? Are my horrible dreams a warning? Will I ever find a dress? Could his sexiness be clouding my judgment? Am I going to ruin everything? Or is it just a case of cold feet? And then I have to decide. Am I willing to give up on true love forever, or am I going to listen to my heart and marry him?

Download or read book The Surprise Wedding written by Jean Oram and published by Oram Productions. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cheyenne s Lady written by Mindy Neff and published by Mindy Neff. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanted: Women and Babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! The Sheriff Surrenders... He guarded his town with an eagle eye…but even Sheriff Cheyenne Bodine couldn’t save himself from the outrageous Shotgun Ridge matchmakers. Seems they’d “rented” his house to lovely surrogate mom-to-be, Emily Vincent. And while the big city beauty would tempt a saint to live in sin, Cheyenne’s lawman’s oath permitted no such indiscretions. Sending Emily home would protect and serve them both… Though the proud country lawman stole her breath, Emily knew her stay was temporary. Except…when she told Cheyenne that the babies she carried were his orphaned kin, she found herself under house arrest. The bail? Bonds of matrimony! “These are imperfect and loving characterizations that remain with the readers long after the last page is turned. Indeed, a character driven romance that explores the joy and pain of birth and death, CHEYENNE’S LADY belongs on the keeper shelf. Very highly recommended.” –Cindy Penn, Word Wrap review editor. (Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence) “With a great sense of warm emotions, Mindy Neff has penned a keeper in CHEYENNE’S LADY.” –Romantic Times Magazine (4 ½ stars) Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 4--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed! From an award-winning USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 30 romance novels comes a series all about cowboys, community spirit and feel-good emotions. What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Small town romance filled with laughter and emotion, tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind, and secondary characters—both human and animal—who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart.

Download or read book Preacher s In Name Only Wife written by Mindy Neff and published by Mindy Neff. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanted: Women and babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! In name only? Dan Lucas thought he was safe from the matchmakers of Shotgun Ridge, Montana. As the preacher, he was supposed to perform weddings, not take part in them! But when beautiful photojournalist Amy Marshall came to him with her plight, he found her offer impossible to refuse. Amy needed to marry Dan to fulfill the terms of her grandfather’s will. However, she hadn’t bargained on becoming an instant wife and mother when Dan unexpectedly received custody of an orphan baby. Brand-new feelings for both had Amy facing a difficult decision. Was she about to let her marriage become real…body and soul? “With her usual entertaining sense of humor, Mindy Neff strikes again with PREACHER’S IN-NAME-ONLY-WIFE.” –Romantic Times Magazine (4 ½ stars) Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 6--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!

Download or read book The Horseman s Convenient Wife written by Mindy Neff and published by Mindy Neff. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanted: Women and Babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! Not in name only . . .? Single father, horse whisperer, Stony Stratton was sure he was safe from the meddling matchmakers of Shotgun Ridge . . . until Eden Williams arrived on his ranch with an outrageous proposal. Eden had only six months to make a baby or forever hold her peace. Stony was just the man for the job. A gentle giant if there ever was one, he embodied all of the good qualities Eden hoped to pass on to her child—and possessed all of the male sex appeal a woman could want. Taking Eden to bed would be Stony’s pleasure, but he wouldn’t do it without taking her down the aisle first. “Stony Stratton is a hero who would make it onto any woman’s wish list . . . Mindy Neff masterfully blends humor with a romance that will melt your heart. What results is sheer delight.” –Romantic Times Magazine (4 ½ GOLD MEDAL) TOP PICK and W.I.S.H. award recipient for outstanding hero. Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 3--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed! From an award-winning USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 30 romance novels comes a series all about cowboys, community spirit and feel-good emotions. What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Small town romance filled with laughter and emotion, tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind, and secondary characters—both human and animal—who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart.

Download or read book Rescued by a Rancher written by Mindy Neff and published by Mindy Neff. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescued by a Rancher Texas Sweethearts series--Book Three As young girls, they vowed to be best friends forever—a promise they kept through happiness and heartbreak! Now these four Texas Sweethearts are all turning thirty. In spite of busy lives, full-time careers, and an assortment of beloved animals and meddling townsfolk, true love is destined to surprise each one of them in the magical little world of their own hometown. What Happens When A Texas Sweetheart Is Born With A Silver Spoon? She Stirs Up Trouble In Hope Valley! Once upon a time… Fabulous dinner parties, silks, satin and high society—Tracy Lynn Randolph is the valley’s very own fairy-tale princess. Until she decides to fulfill her most precious wish and have a baby. Never mind that fertility clinics and fairy tales don’t mix! She’s about to scandalize Hope Valley during the Christmas holiday—unless someone can wave a wand and make the perfect prince appear. A lonesome cowboy got lucky… Cowboy horse breeder Linc Slade has never met a damsel in distress, but he can tell a class act, and every inch of Tracy Lynn’s exquisite blond beauty says thoroughbred, loud and clear. He’s loved her forever, it seems. Now one rash rescue leads to another, and before he knows it, she’s in his arms for real in a magical marriage-of-convenience. Can the magic last? Will his Christmas wish actually come true? “Mindy Neff brings together new technology and old fashioned values. The ending just left me breathless!” —Amazon Reviewer

Download or read book Marriage Murder Small Town Schemes A Katy Cross Cozy Mystery Book 6 written by KC Hart and published by KC Hart. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wedding and a murder do not mix . . . Katy Cross has worked hard to make her daughter, Eudora’s wedding perfect. The church is decorated, the caterer hired, and the dress is gorgeous. Katy’s even arranged for Eudora to have her bridal portraits made at the Bentley Mansion, a sprawling estate filled with beautiful flowers and stately oak trees, owned by Katy’s beloved patient, Big Momma Bentley. The nuptials are set to be the most romantic ceremony Skeeterville has ever seen. Until the photographer is found dead right in the middle of Eudora’s bridal shoot, and the police rule it a homicide. When the camera holding the wedding portraits goes missing, and Big Momma Bentley passes out and ends up in the hospital on the same day as the photographer’s demise, the dream wedding spirals into a nuptial nightmare. What’s a mother of the bride to do, except get the wedding back on track before the blessed union becomes a scandalous spectacle. This is easier said than done, with the wedding fast approaching and not a single suspect in sight. Book six in the cozy mystery series by KC Hart continues to follow amateur sleuth Katy Cross, her friends, family, and her band, the Moonlighters, as they strive to keep the tiny town of Skeeterville free of crime and mayhem.

Download or read book His Curvy Wife written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curvy Girl Romance Series - USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author Was love really enough? Ramsey Walking out was the hardest thing I’d ever done. I promised her I’d never do it, but I also promised I’d keep her safe. That was the promise I couldn’t keep if I stayed. I wouldn’t risk her life or her health, so I risked my own heart and walked away. But she was ready to move on. To meet someone else. To find a new man who’d be willing to put what she wanted above keeping her safe. A new man who’d put his hands on my wife. Love her. Touch her. Hell. No. She was still mine. Melody I’ve only ever loved one man. One gorgeous, maddening, wonderful man. I even managed to marry him. I thought we’d be together forever, but everything changed when I lost our baby. Instead of being his wife and lover, I was his new project. Something to fix. I didn’t need to be fixed, though. I couldn’t be. I needed my husband, but he wasn’t there. Some other man was there. A man who stopped seeing me and only saw a fragile, wounded woman he had to shelter. But it was all over. My husband left me. He couldn’t fix me, so he stopped trying. He told me he wanted a divorce, and I had no reason to make him stay. We weren’t the people we used to be. I still loved him, but, as much as I wanted it to be, sometimes love wasn’t enough. And sometimes life threw you a curve. Like being paired with my husband on an online dating site. Could it be as easy as starting over? KEYWORDS: curvy girl romance, BBW romance, plus size romance, happily ever after, love stories, romantic novels, small town romance, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, marriage in trouble, online dating romance

Download or read book Apple Cider and Subterfuge A Fake Marriage Small Town Short Novella written by Elise Kennedy and published by Elise Kennedy. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their cover? Newlyweds in love. The only rule? Keep their relationship strictly business and strictly fake. Alex has been tortured by sleeping next to his co-worker, Special Agent Brynn Hannebaker, every single night for 6 months. He desperately wants to break every rule and haul her off to a dark corner of their house. Brynn lucked out getting the office hottie as her fake husband, but with every kiss Alex steals in public to sell their fake 'marriage', her defenses fall a little more. Can they nab the money-laundering mob boss and keep their hands off of one another? Or will a surprise power outage finally be their one opportunity to take what they both want? Featuring: Fake relationship Only one bed He falls first Mutual pining Small-town festival Undercover agents Cozy mystery Spicy scenes

Download or read book Hitched to the Cowboy written by Emma Cross and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marry or lose the family ranch... Trey I never wanted to marry, never wanted to experience the pain that inevitably comes from love. But with the choice of getting hitched or losing our family ranch, I do the only thing I can. A marriage of convenience, at least that's what it's supposed to be. But one kiss is enough to ruin me for any other woman. My saving grace is knowing it's temporary. As tempting as she is, as sweet as her daughter is, there's no room in my life for a happily-ever-after. It's just a matter of time before I can go back to normal. At least, that's what I'm gonna keep telling myself. Izzy River Valley was supposed to be a fresh start after running from my past mistakes. A way for my daughter and me to stand on our own two feet. Instead, I marry a cowboy I don't love to give my daughter the home she deserves. A temporary business arrangement so we both get what we need. I never expected to come to care about him or his family. Never wanted to put my heart at risk. The more I get to know him, the more I tempted I am to give in. But my past is catching up to me and it won't be long before we have to move on. I just hope I don't lose my heart before then. Hitched to the Cowboy is a steamy small-town romance and the first book in the River Valley Ranch series. Filled with sexy cowboys, southern charm, and small-town drama, this rough-and-tumble read will leave you happily satisfied.

Download or read book Love in a Small Town written by Curtiss Ann Matlock and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molly Hayes leaves her husband, Tommy Lee, right before the planned celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, which leaves him bewildered and the entire town of Valentine, Oklahoma, talking.

Download or read book Jasper A small town marriage of convenience romance written by Laramie Briscoe and published by Laramie Briscoe. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I never thought my fake marriage, would become real... Jasper Hamilton I've always been a pawn in the game of chess my grandfather prefers to play with me. It started when I was a child who didn't have anywhere else to go after my parents were killed. Gone was my home full of love and warmth, and in its place was a mansion with a man as cold as a winter night. The only thing that kept me sane were my friends. Those blue-collar buddies who didn't care about my grandpa's bank account. I never cared about the money either. Until he threatens to take away the one thing I love in this world. The foundation created in their memory. The only way for me to get it back? Play by his rules, take a wife, and secure an heir. Something I never planned to do after growing up the way I did. But the way I respond to Daisy Williams, and the satisfaction I get from calling her my wife makes me feel like I've been promoted from Pawn to King. Tropes Included · small town · blue collar · marriage of convenience · brooding for everyone but her Jasper is book three in The Broken Falls Series: a series of interconnected standalones following a group of friends who have become family in small-town West Virginia, and the women who bring them to their knees. You do not have to read them in order, but each book builds upon the relationships of the last.

Download or read book Rural and Small Town America written by Glenn V. Fuguitt and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1989-11-21 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important differences persist between rural and urban America, despite profound economic changes and the notorious homogenizing influence of the media. As Glenn V. Fuguitt, David L. Brown, and Calvin L. Beale show in Rural and Small Town America, the much-heralded disappearance of small town life has not come to pass, and the nonmetropolitan population still constitutes a significant dimension of our nation's social structure. Based on census and other recent survey data, this impressive study provides a detailed and comparative picture of rural America. The authors find that size of place is a critical demographic factor, affecting population composition (rural populations are older and more predominantly male than urban populations), the distribution of poverty (urban poverty tends to be concentrated in neighborhoods; rural poverty may extend over large blocks of counties), and employment opportunities (job quality and income are lower in rural areas, though rural occupational patterns are converging with those of urban areas). In general, rural and small town America still lags behind urban America on many indicators of social well-being. Pointing out that rural life is no longer synonymous with farming, the authors explore variations among nonmetropolitan populations. They also trace the impact of major national trends—the nonmetropolitan growth spurt of the 1970s and its current reversal, for example, or changing fertility rates—on rural life and on the relationship between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan communities. By describing the special characteristics and needs of rural populations as well as the features they share with urban America, this book clearly demonstrates that a more accurate picture of nonmetropolitan life is essential to understanding the larger dynamics of our society. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series

Download or read book The Buy In written by Emma St Clair and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-19 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You can't Schitt's Creek a town, Tank." "And you can't verb a noun, son." When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn't intend to start a war with its residents ... or to fall in love. Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job, idea to idea, short-lived relationship to short-lived relationship. But when his father purchases the town of Sheet Cake, Pat suddenly sees his life with clear purpose: get his brothers on board with his dad's wild idea and win back the one woman who got away. Lindy was supposed to be traveling the world, not stuck in a small town, caring for her niece. But she would do anything to keep custody of Jo--even if that looks like a marriage of convenience with the man who already broke her heart once. Now if she can only keep herself from falling back in love with her husband... This is a small town, marriage of convenience romantic comedy with plenty of sizzle while keeping the bedroom door closed. It's the first in a spinoff series following Harper's brothers (from Falling for Your Best Friend). You don't need to have read the Love Clichés series first to enjoy this book.

Download or read book Show Me a Marriage of Convenience written by Alexa Verde and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ex-player cowboy with a little son, the boy's shy plus-size aunt, and a reluctant modern marriage of convenience only the boy is excited about... A sweet, clean, wholesome romance with a happily-ever-after! After three near-death experiences in one day-okay, maybe burning dinner and falling from a tree shouldn't count-Kade Clark worries about his son's future if he's not around to protect him. The last thing he wants is for his son to become a bargaining chip between a con artist grandfather and a ruthless ex trying to get their hands on the family fortune. So Kade agrees to a crazy proposal from the woman his child adores. But as a former foster kid, Kade learned to walk away before getting hurt. Can he now learn to stay and love? Heather Johnson dreams of a real marriage with the man her sister abandoned, not a fake one. But the rumor is Kade might leave their small town again and take her darling nephew with him. She's reluctant to trust a womanizer-husband or not. If she allows love for him to ignite her heart, will her marshmallow-soft heart become roasted and burned? Cowboy Crossing Romances series set in a small town in the Show Me State is about curvy forty-something women and the swoon-worthy single dad cowboys who love them, though sometimes those rugged handsome men might need a nudge-or a push.