Download or read book The Purchased Bride written by Arlene Schreiber and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alix had been designated by her exquisite mother and profligate father as the savior of her family. She was going to be beautiful. She was learned, and yes, she had courage. Her parents surveyed the ton and chose a handful of rich, very rich, men to whom Alix would be sold to. Her mother had sympathy, her father none. Unfortunately, her mother died before the marriage could be arranged. The earl, Alixs father, had no scruples. He selected the worst of the rich men, and when Alex refused, he beat her, locked her in her room, and then cast her off. Six years later, Lord Jonathan Creighton, a nabob out of India, came on the scene. He needed a wife, and there was a time constraint. He would take what he could get. The marriage took place, but there was no affection, no alliance. The two crossed swords immediately, but they had to work together. The story became muddled when Alix discovered she was sharing the house with a half-caste Indian child. Suddenly, Alix was involved in plots, kidnapping, and murder. Almost dying, she and Jonathan realized that they loved each other as well as the child.
Download or read book The Acquired Bride written by Teresa Southwick and published by Harlequin Treasury-Silhouette Romance 90s. This book was released on 2000-09-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Acquired Bride by Teresa Southwick released on Sep 22, 2000 is available now for purchase.
Download or read book The Sultan s Bought Bride written by Jane Porter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Nicolette Ducasse refused to let her sister marry SultanMalik Roman Nuri of Baraka. So she traveled to his faraway kingdom totell him the wedding was off, never expecting that Malik would be oneseriously sexy sultan! Resisting him would be hard.But Malik made it clear that if they shared a bed the wedding was on.He was a modern monarch in many ways—except when it came to hisbride!
Download or read book Bride Bought and Paid For written by Helen Bianchin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman is reunited with her billionaire former lover when she needs his help to save her father from jail in this romance by a USA Today bestseller. Romy Picard will do anything to prevent her aged father from being imprisoned. But the only man who can help her is the rich, notorious Spaniard who stole her virginity and her heart three years ago . . . . Xavier De Vasquez could drop all charges against Romy’s father with a click of his arrogant fingers—but he sees an opportunity to have Romy in his bed one more time. This time, though, he’ll make sure that she stays on his terms . . . . Originally published in 2008.
Download or read book The Purchased Bride written by Peter Constantine and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, The Purchased Bride tells the tale of Maria, a Greek girl who was bought at age fifteen by a much older, wealthy Ottoman man. As the Ottoman Empire falls and insurgents torch their Greek village in the Caucasus, Maria and her parents flee and find shelter in a refugee camp across the border in Ottoman territory. Cholera and plague are impending, and the priest running the camp takes a desperate measure, arranging to marry Maria off to a wealthy Ottoman Turk in the capital. She and her best friend, Lita, then travel toward the Black Sea coast through a fascinating world of ancient and forgotten Ottoman mountain communities. They encounter escalating violence, sniper attacks, and marauding troops amid the Empire’s collapse, as breakaway provinces declare themselves independent caliphates in defiance of the Sultan. And when Lita escapes, Maria is left to face her fate alone. A story of war, struggle, and ultimate success, based on the life of Constantine’s grandmother, The Purchased Bride sheds light on a turbulent and dangerous part of history.
Download or read book The Bought Bride written by Juliet Landon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale of a Norman knight’s quest to conquer an English lady’s hostile heart is “above and apart from the average historical romance” (Historical Novel Society). Lady Rhoese of York was an undoubted prize. A wealthy landowner, she would fill the king’s coffers well if one of his knights were to marry her. Judhael de Brionne accepted the challenge. Desiring her land, the army captain was prepared to take Rhoese as part of the deal. After all, she was beautiful enough—albeit highly resentful—and surely he would be able to warm his ice-cold bride, given time. . . . “What sets The Bought Bride above and apart from the average historical romance is Juliet Landon’s clear, concise writing style and her scholarship. She has obviously walked, spiritually if not actually, through the mucky streets of 11th century York, and imparts her knowledge of the time and place to the reader.” —Historical Novel Society
Download or read book The Sheikh And The Bought Bride written by Susan Mallery and published by Harlequin India. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acquired The CEO s Small Town Bride written by Catherine Mann and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people of Vista del Mar were about to pay. Now that Rafe Cameron had made his fortune, he was out to settle old debts. Except he hadn't counted on running into Sarah Richards--his feisty ex-flame who was determined to put an end to his feud with their hometown. Secretly amused that Sarah had turned into such a do-gooder, Rafe allowed himself to consider her pleas. But nothing, not even the thawing of his own frozen heart, would make this CEO amend his plans. Until one revelation changed everything.
Download or read book The Sheik and the Bought Bride written by Susan Mallery and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was bad enough being hauled out of bed by palace guards. Now Victoria McCallan had just offered to pay off her father's gambling debts—with herself as the prize! So the palace secretary was shocked when sexy Prince Kateb made her a counteroffer…. When Kateb whisked Victoria off to the desert to be his mistress for six months, the widowed ruler had no intention of falling in love. But the outspoken Texas transplant was soon tempting him to change his royal ways. Duty decreed the El Deharia sheik should wed a proper mate, but Kateb's heart was telling him something else: to claim Victoria as his woman—now and forever.
Download or read book The Purchased Bride a historical western romance written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Ruth Ann Nordin. This book was released on with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ada Wilcox never thought her brother would answer a mail-order bride ad on her behalf. Worse, he’s sold her–sight unseen–to a complete stranger. As she travels to Nebraska, she doesn’t know whether to be angry with her brother or scared about the uncertain future looming before her. Pete Kelly never thought he’d marry. Then one day his brother brings him a woman to marry, and the loneliness that plagued him for years in his quiet world is finally at an end. But the gift he was given might be quickly taken away if he doesn’t act in time to keep it. *This story was originally published in the Bride by Arrangement anthology.
Download or read book The Duke Buys a Bride written by Sophie Jordan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bride wasn’t in his plans . . . The last thing Marcus, the Duke of Autenberry, expects to see after sleeping off a night’s drunken shenanigans is a woman being auctioned in the village square. Before he can think about the ramifications, he buys her, thinking he’s winning the girl her freedom. Instead, he discovers he’s bought a wife. A duke wasn’t in hers . . . Alyse Bell is almost rid of the shackles that bound her in a name-only marriage, but the day her friend promised to purchase her in a wife auction, he vanishes, leaving her to face a mob of unsavory bachelors intent on owning her body and soul. But the appearance of a wicked, wealthy stranger changes her path forever. The road to ruin . . . Marcus doesn’t know what to do with the impertinent chit who clearly isn’t duchess material! Insisting their marriage isn’t legitimate, they leave for his estate in Scotland, hoping to devise a plan to get rid of each other. However, on a journey fraught with misadventure, their attraction grows and Marcus realizes he’ll do anything to keep this fiery woman for his own.
Download or read book The Sicilian s Bought Bride written by Carol Marinelli and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night of tragedy brings Rico Mancini back into Catherine Masters's life. Now he's demanding that she be his bride…. And the bride price…? If Catherine says no, she gives up custody of her orphaned niece. But if she says yes, will she be losing her heart to a man who wants her only in his bed?
Download or read book Desert Rogues The Bought Bride written by Susan Mallery and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fan-favorite from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery, previously published in 2009 as The Sheik and the Bought Bride. When Prince Kateb whisks Victoria McCallan off to be his mistress for six months, the widowed ruler has no intention of falling in love with her. But the outspoken Texas transplant is soon tempting him to change his ways. Duty decrees that the prince wed a proper wife, but Kateb’s heart tells him something else: he needs to make Victoria his, now and forever.
Download or read book The Italian s Bought Bride written by Kate Hewitt and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-01-30 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Italian tycoon needs help from the woman who once left him at the altar, and he’ll use his powers of seduction to get it in this second chance romance. Allegra Avesti never realized that her fiancé, wickedly handsome tycoon Stefano Capozzi, saw her as just another item on his agenda. How could she share her life with a man who’d negotiated the terms of their marriage in the boardroom rather than the bedroom? Years later, Stefano needs Allegra’s help—and is determined to claim his runaway bride. The defiant Allegra will return to Italy with him, even if he has to seduce her into agreeing!
Download or read book Sicilian Millionaire Bought Bride written by Catherine Spencer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-11-22 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealthy Sicilian widower finds a second chance at love with his wife’s best friend in this gripping romance. Corinne Mallory knows little of Raffaello Orsini, other than that he’s super-rich and darkly handsome. When Raffaello offers marriage for the sake of his children, Corinne rejects his outrageous proposal . . . until a financial crisis drives her to the altar with the fiery Sicilian. Once in Sicily, Raffaello makes it quite clear he doesn’t expect a marriage in name only. He wants her body and soul, and when she comes to his bed she must be hot, willing and ready for his love. . . .
Download or read book A Bought Bride written by Agnes Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middle-aged widower and millionaire playboy Quinton Kincade stands to lose his chain of department stores if he doesn't find and marry a woman with the qualifications his father put in his will. The marriage has to last at least one year. With no escape clause, he and his lawyer set out to find a woman who can be enticed with enough money to marry him. Jillian Lockland lost most of her assets when her husband divorced her and left her almost penniless. She has maxed out her credit cards and only has a part-time job which doesn't come close to covering all her bills. When she sees a newspaper ad for an unusual job in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she never suspects she's applying to become a wife.
Download or read book Bought Bride for the Argentinian written by Sharon Kendrick and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today–Bestselling Author: She’ll pose as her sexy ex’s wife to redeem his public reputation—but in private, has he really changed? Alejandro Sabato, the man PR executive Emily Green can’t forget, is back in her life—and has hired her to redeem his playboy reputation. She suggests he take a convenient wife to show he’s changed. What she doesn’t expect is Alejandro’s insistence that she take on the role! Emily is dangerously aware of the enduring desire still sparking between them. But can she risk her heart again when she’s only a bride on paper?
