Download or read book The Marriage Agreement a historical western marriage of convenience romance featuring a widowed hero with a child written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Ruth Ann Nordin. This book was released on with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Palmer headed to Omaha with his expectant wife and his mother-in-law. When his wife dies in childbirth, his mother-in-law blames him. And worse, she refuses to let him take care of his son. In order to get his son back, he needs to marry someone–and fast. And who better than the one who makes the offer? Laura Rufus volunteers to marry Jesse so he can have his son, knowing full well he’s still mourning the loss of his first wife. The last thing she plans on is falling in love with him, but day by day, his tenderness toward his son makes her wish she hadn’t been so quick to propose a marriage of convenience. Will there ever be something more between them, or will she be stuck with the marriage agreement they made?
Download or read book The Marriage Agreement written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Palmer headed to Omaha with his expectant wife and his mother-in-law. When his wife dies in childbirth, his mother-in-law blames him. And worse, she refuses to let him take care of his son. In order to get his son back, he needs to marry someone?and fast. And who better than the one who makes the offer?Laura Rufus volunteers to marry Jesse so he can have his son, knowing full well he?s still mourning the loss of his first wife. The last thing she plans on is falling in love with him, but day by day, his tenderness toward his son makes her wish she hadn?t been so quick to propose a marriage of convenience. Will there ever be something more between them, or will she be stuck with the marriage agreement they made?
Download or read book Their Unlikely Marriage of Convenience written by Ava Winters and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She is determined to save her family at all costs. He is a man of few words, afraid to open his heart again. Even if theirs is not a match made in heaven, it's one made at heart. Can they fight off their deepest fears and stay together against all odds? Mae has grown up with a fiery and independent soul. She feels like she must protect her sisters after their parents' death at all costs. So, she decides to get married to a new rancher in town to save her property. Frank though is stubborn and witty, and he gets on her nerves. How can she realize that it is okay to lean on someone's shoulder for a change? Frank is an adamant rancher who has had a terrible childhood. Getting married to pretty Mae and supporting her vast ranch is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Little did he know that she is a spitfire and a strong-willed woman who takes pride in her ranch business. How can he overcome his fear of bonding when it's so difficult for him to compromise? Mae and Frank keep driving each other crazy with their antics. However, when external forces attack their newfound family, they will understand that love like theirs is difficult to acquire and must be kept. Will they find the key to each other's hearts and embrace happiness? ☆☆☆☆☆ Their Unlikely Marriage of Convenience is a stand-alone Western Historical Romance book with no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Buy it now to discover Ma's empowering and to ride into Old West passion today! Thank you! Get this Book FREE With Kindle Unlimited!
Download or read book The Cowboy s Agreement written by Lydia Olson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He needs a marriage to inherit his ranch. She is afraid to trust in love again. How can they create the family they both wish for? Estelle fell in love with the wrong man. After an accident in the saloon that cost the life of her abusive husband, she needs to do anything in her power to take care of her young son. She promised to give him the best possible future, but the present seem ominous. How can she accept a stranger's proposal for the sake of her family when she is afraid of love? Mathew is faced with an ultimatum in his father's will- marry or lose the ranch. So when his best friend working at the bank informs him about a single mother drowned in debt, Mathew seizes the opportunity. But when Estelle and her son crack open his heart, his part of the deal is off the table. Now he is determined to do anything to become a real family. How can he make them trust him when they are afraid to open up again? Estelle and Mathew quickly create a strong bond, but soon a dangerous scheme against them threatens their newfound love. Can they muster the courage to triumph over the challenges and experience their long-awaited happy ending? ☆☆☆☆☆ "The Cowboy's Agreement" is a new emotional historical western romance book. If you like a selfless strong heroine, who speaks her mind and left so much behind to venture into the vast unknown frontier, then you'll adore Lydia Olson's sweet book.Buy it now to discover Estelle's romantic and empowering story in the Old West! Thank you! Get this Book FREE With Kindle Unlimited!
Download or read book Once Upon an Unlikely Marriage of Convenience written by Ava Winters and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She has always wanted to live a love like that in her favorite books. When she meets her uncaring husband though, she must redirect her heart. Can they find happiness in each other's scarred souls? Abbie is a shy librarian that has tasted the bitter side of love. After her fiancé's betrayal, she leaves the town to become a mail-order bride and she takes her beloved aunt with her. Yet, meeting the cynic Jerry and his three foster children will turn her world upside down. How can she let this man know that it is okay to love someone with all your heart? Jerry is a man who has never believed in romance. After losing his father and brother, he finds himself responsible for three children and a dying ranch. He never expected to find a beautiful woman and as intelligent as Abbie, and he can't deny he starts falling for her sweet ways. How will he approach her fragile heart though when he still struggles with trusting others? To protect what they love, Abbie and Jerry must leave behind their fears and insecurities. However, taking care of their surprising marriage and the ranch is a struggle since many come against them. When will they find the courage to bond with each other and save their family? ☆☆☆☆☆ Once upon an Unlikely Marriage of Convenience is a stand-alone Western Historical Romance book with no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Buy it now to discover Abbie's empowering and to ride into Old West passion today! Thank you! Get this Book FREE With Kindle Unlimited!
Download or read book The Marriage Agreement written by Carolyn Davidson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an undercover lawman needs a wife to complete his disguise, a beautiful riverboat singer may be more than he bargained for in this historical romance. Mississippi River, 1878. Scams and scalawags were all in a day’s work for government agent Gage Morgan. Songbird Lily Devereaux was not. No soiled dove, she was a lady in need of protection. But once vows were spoken, would he ever be able to let her go, as their marriage bargain allowed . . . and her troubled heart might demand? Songs and secrets were Lily’s shield against the world. A desperate act led her to sing for her supper aboard a Mississippi riverboat—but now her boss expects her to entertain customers in the bedroom as well. Playing the role of Gage Morgan’s bride is a tempting way to escape dire straits. But can Lily wed him and bed him without the promise of love?
Download or read book Four Weddings and a Duke written by Michelle McLean and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the middle—and least marriageable—sister in a bevy of swans, Lavinia Wynnburn is quite content being the odd duck out. This way, she’s free to commit social faux pas without anyone much noticing. Until the Duke of Beaubrooke turns up the morning after a ball, asking for her hand in marriage. Alexander Reddington doesn’t particularly care for social niceties, nor is he particularly good at them. But now that the spare has become the heir, he must marry...and soon. When he stumbles into the same corner as a socially awkward wallflower, he knows he’s found the perfect wife: one who won’t bother him to attend every simpering event of the season. Only, Alexander’s shy and pretty new wife is finding her new position surprisingly exciting and keeps accepting every invitation that flutters past their door. And worse luck, he might even be falling for her. Now he must hide the truth about why he really proposed...before his unexpectedly happy marriage is dashed to pieces.
Download or read book Knight of Desire written by Margaret Mallory and published by Forever. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearless in Battle His surcoat still bloody from battle, William FitzAlan comes to claim the strategic borderlands granted to him by the king. One last prize awaits him at the castle gates: the lovely Lady Catherine Rayburn. TENDER IN BED Catherine risked everything to spy for the crown. Her reward? Her lands are declared forfeit and she is given this choice: marry FitzAlan or be taken to the Tower. Catherine agrees to give her handsome new husband her body, but she's keeping secrets, and dare not give him her heart. As passion ignites and danger closes in, Catherine and William must learn to trust in each other to save their marriage, their land, and their very lives. KNIGHT OF DESIRE
Download or read book The Marriage Agreement written by Renee Ryan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoted to Wife? Always the dutiful daughter, Fanny Mitchell surprised everyone when she broke her engagement. Now she's working at the fancy Hotel Dupree—and falling for the mysterious, handsome owner, Jonathon Hawkins. But when she and her boss are caught in an unexpected kiss at a ball, will her reputation be tarnished forever? The son of a woman of ill repute, Jonathon knows that gossip can destroy lives in an instant. And he won't allow sweet, lovely Fanny to suffer the consequences. When he proposes a marriage of convenience, Jonathon believes he can keep his heart to himself. But the more time he spends with Fanny, the more he realizes he may just be in love—with his wife… Charity House: Offering an oasis of hope, faith and love on the rugged Colorado frontier
Download or read book The Fugitive s Bride historical western romance written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Ruth Ann Nordin. This book was released on with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Wade Gray lost his ranch and his son, he’s had one mission: get both of them back. After a year, he has his son. Now it’s time to get the ranch. With all his careful planning, he realizes he might not make it back. He’s up against a ruthless enemy who’ll kill anyone who gets in his way. In order to secure his son’s future, he rushes to marry Millie Washington, the woman he rescued on the same night he and his family got his son back. Love doesn’t factor into the equation. Love didn’t factor into his first marriage, either. He married his first wife to rescue her from a life of prostitution and abuse, and the arrangement never led to love. So to him, marriage is a logical decision based on what can benefit both people. In this case, he can offer Millie a place to live, and she’ll be the mother to his son. It’s as simple as that. But marriage to Millie isn’t like what he had with his first wife. Millie isn’t weighed down by a harsh past. She has an innocent way of looking at the world that becomes a welcome relief after all he’s been through. In the rugged Wyoming Territory, she’s the only pleasant thing that exists. This poses a very difficult proposition for him. If he falls in love with her, it could get in the way of getting his ranch back. Feelings always get in the way of doing what’s necessary. And he can’t afford for anything to get in his way.
Download or read book Utopia written by Thomas More and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-03 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.
Download or read book His Pledge to Protect written by Shanae Johnson and published by Those Johnson Girls. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mareen Silver can get any horse to dance to her tune. But when a damaged soldier rescues her, will she allow him to side-step her away from a previous attachment? Mareen Silver is used to being hurt—by her cold as ice mother, by her half-sisters who she’s longed to be closer to, even by her distant army general father. However, with her family in danger of losing the ranch they all love, Mareen is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice and marry a wealthy man she doesn't love to save their home. But after taking a nasty tumble, she finds herself falling hard for the wounded soldier who just saved her life. Wilson Michaels can't escape the guilt that has plagued him every day since surviving the blast that took the general's life. If he can’t find absolution, he’ll find purpose, and—after a series of incidents—it’s looking more and more like that purpose is keeping the general’s daughter alive. Protecting Mareen is one thing, but falling in love with her is not a possibility, especially when her marriage could be just the thing to save the ranch. Wilson can't afford to get in the way again or this time all the Silvers could lose everything. And now that Mareen has tasted true happiness and is finally bonding with her sisters, can she bear to lose the man who’s shown her how to love? Find out if love can truly heal all wounds in this light-hearted, sweet romance of convenient arrangements that unfold into lasting love. His Pledge to Protect is the third in a series of marriage of convenience tales featuring Wounded Warriors who are healed with the power of love.
Download or read book The Governess Affair written by Courtney Milan and published by Courtney Milan. This book was released on 2012-04-21 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The start of a critically acclaimed historical romance series by New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan... Hugo Marshall earned the nickname "the Wolf of Clermont" for his ruthless ambition--a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner's son to the right hand man of a duke. When he's ordered to get rid of a pestering governess by fair means or foul, it's just another day at work. But after everything Miss Serena Barton has been through at the hands of his employer, she is determined to make him pay. She won't let anyone stop her--not even the man that all of London fears. They might call Hugo Marshall the Wolf of Clermont, but even wolves can be brought to heel... The books in the Brothers Sinister series: ½. The Governess Affair (free prequel novella) 1. The Duchess War 1½. A Kiss for Midwinter (a companion novella to The Duchess War) 2. The Heiress Effect 3. The Countess Conspiracy 4. The Suffragette Scandal 4½. Talk Sweetly to Me
Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
Download or read book My One and Only Duke written by Grace Burrowes and published by Forever. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the highly unconventional Wentworth family in this charming USA Todaybestseller with a Cinderella twist, perfect for fans of Mary Balogh. One minute, London banker Quinn Wentworth is facing execution. The next, he's declared the long-lost heir to a dukedom. Quinn has fought his way up from the worst slums, and now he's ready to use every dirty trick he knows to find the enemy who schemed against him. Jane Winston, widowed and pregnant, crosses paths with Quinn while her father is preaching to the prisoners. Believing his days are numbered, Quinn offers her marriage as a way to guarantee her independence and provide for her child. Neither thinks they'll actually have a future together. He's a wealthy gutter rat out for vengeance. She's a minister's daughter who must turn a marriage of desperation into a proper ducal union. Are they doomed from the start or destined for a happily-ever-after? Also includes the bonus novella Once Upon a Christmas Eve from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt! When his carriage wheel snaps in a snowstorm, Adam Rutledge, Viscount d'Arque, is forced to seek shelter at the home of the most maddening, infuriating, and utterly beguiling woman he's ever met. "Skillfully crafted and exquisitely written, Burrowes' latest is pure gold; a brilliant launch to a promising series." --Library Journal "Burrowes is a writer of towering talent." --USA Today Happy Ever After
Download or read book The Marriage of Opposites written by Alice Hoffman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A luminous, Marquez-esque tale” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on a tropical island about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro—the Father of Impressionism. Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel’s mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult girl who refuses to live by the rules. Growing up, Rachel’s salvation is their maid Adelle’s belief in her strengths, and her deep, life-long friendship with Jestine, Adelle’s daughter. But Rachel’s life is not her own. She is married off to a widower with three children to save her father’s business. When her older husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Frédérick, arrives from France to settle the estate, Rachel seizes her own life story, beginning a defiant, passionate love affair that sparks a scandal that affects all of her family, including her favorite son, who will become one of the greatest artists of France. “A work of art” (Dallas Morning News), The Marriage of Opposites showcases the beloved, bestselling Alice Hoffman at the height of her considerable powers. “Her lush, seductive prose, and heart-pounding subject…make this latest skinny-dip in enchanted realism…the Platonic ideal of the beach read” (Slate.com). Once forgotten to history, the marriage of Rachel and Frédérick “will only renew your commitment to Hoffman’s astonishing storytelling” (USA TODAY).
Download or read book Romance Fiction written by Kristin Ramsdell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide that defines the literature and the outlines the best-selling genre of all time: romance fiction. More than 2,000 romances are published annually, making it difficult for fans and the librarians who advise them to keep pace with new titles, emerging authors, and constant evolution of this dynamic genre. Fortunately, romance expert and librarian Kristin Ramsdell provides a definitive guide to this fiction genre that serves as an indispensible resource for those interested in it—including fans searching for reading material—as well as for library staff, scholars, and romance writers themselves. This title updates the last edition of Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, published in 1999.While the emphasis is on newer titles, many of the important older classics are retained, keeping the focus of the book on the entire genre, instead of only those titles published during the last decade. Specific changes include new chapters on linked and continuing romances, a new section on "Chick Lit" in the Contemporary Romance chapter, an expansion of coverage on the alternative reality subset. This is THE romance genre guide to have.
