Texas Bride: A Bitter Creek Novel

HEMAYBEHERONLYHOPE.SHEMAYBEHISLASTCHANCE.MirandaWentworthneverimaginedbecomingamail-orderbride.NowmarriagetoastrangerisheronlyhopeoffindingahomewheresheandhertwoyoungerbrotherscanescapethebrutalityoftheChicagoorphanagewheretheylive.Withanyluck,shecanevenstartafamilyofherown,oncethethreeofthemaresettledatJacobCreed’sTexasranch.ButMirandahasonegiganticconcern:Herhusband-to-beknowsnothingaboutthebrothersshe’sbringingalong.Whatifhecallsoffthedealwhenhediscoversthetrickshe’splayedonhim?JakeCreedishangingontohisTexasranchbyhisfingernails.Hisnemesis,AlexanderBlackthorne,isdeterminedtoruinhim.Jakewillnevergiveup,buthe’sindesperatetrouble.Hiswifediedsixmonthsagoinchildbirth,alongwiththeirstillbornson,andhistwo-year-olddaughterneedsamother.TheadvertisementJakewrotenevermentionedhisdaughter—orthefactthathehasnointentionofconsummatinghismarriage.He’sdeterminednevertosubjectanotherwifetotheburdenofpregnancy.ButJakedoesn’tcountonfindinghisbridesodesirable.Hedoesn’tcountonachingwithneedwhenshejoinshiminbed.Andheneversuspectedhisbridewouldhaveplansofherowntoseducehim.