A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships Book #1)

A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships Book #1)
Author: Jody Hedlund
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493418688

Living in London's poorest slum, Mercy Wilkins has little hope of a better life. When she's offered an opportunity to join a bride ship sailing to British Columbia, she agrees. After witnessing so much painful heartache and loss in the slums, the bride ship is her only prospect to escape a bleak future, not only for herself but, she hopes, someday for her sister. Wealthy and titled Joseph Colville leaves home and takes to the sea in order to escape the pain of losing his family. As ship's surgeon, he's in charge of the passengers' welfare aboard the Tynemouth, including sixty brides-to-be. He has no immediate intention of settling down, but when Mercy becomes his assistant, the two must fight against a forbidden love. With hundreds of single men congregating on the shore eager to claim a bride from the Tynemouth, will Mercy and Joseph lose their chance at true love, or will they be able to overcome the obstacles that threaten to keep them apart?

A Reluctant Bride

A Reluctant Bride
Author: Kathleen Fuller
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0718033256

She never wanted to marry. He hopes to make amends for past wrongs. Can love find a way to heal both of their hearts? Sadie Schrock swore she would never marry. All of her other Amish friends could court and marry—she was content to manage the family business and eventually take it over when her parents are ready to retire. But all of that changes when a reckless driver kills both of her parents and seriously injures her younger sister. With mounting hospital bills adding to the pile of debt her parents left behind, Sadie is left with no choice: she must marry. And not just any man—the man who saw her at her weakest and walked away. Aden knows what his brother did to Sadie years ago was inexcusable. And every day since that incident, Aden has lived with the guilt for not intervening sooner. When he is faced with the chance to protect Sadie once again, he can’t let her down—even if it means living with the scorn of the woman he loves for the rest of his life. Working alongside Aden at the store, Sadie realizes he isn’t the same boy who once betrayed her. Just when Sadie starts to let her guard down and perhaps develop feelings for her new husband, dangerous secrets are revealed. Now everything Sadie has worked so hard to protect is threatened, and she must find a way to save her family—and herself.

Reluctant Bride

Reluctant Bride
Author: Joan Smith
Publisher: Belgrave House
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161084372X

Sir Edmund said: “I think it is a mistake for a man of unstable temperament to marry, don’t you?” Lizzie replied: “To marry a timid lady, yes. Good gracious, is this the reason you espouse misogamy? Don’t be such a gudgeon, Edmund. Find someone who is not afraid of your blustering, arm her with a stout club and marry her.” Or they could hunt for her missing diamond necklace and just pretend to be engaged… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett

Mr Darcy's Reluctant Bride: a Pride and Prejudice Variation

Mr Darcy's Reluctant Bride: a Pride and Prejudice Variation
Author: Freya Scott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2015-10-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781518666889

A Pride and Prejudice variation featuring a forced marriage of convenience between Darcy and Elizabeth!When Elizabeth Bennet is the victim of a cruel trick at the Netherfield ball, she is hopelessly compromised and forced to accept a proposal of marriage from Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy. As she starts a new life as the mistress of Pemberley, she finds herself drawn to her handsome, noble husband. But with malicious lies and hurt pride coming between them, will Darcy and Elizabeth be forced apart or will they be able to turn their marriage of convenience into one of love?Fans of sweet, clean romance will enjoy this Regency romance with a new twist on the story of Jane Austen's most beloved couple.

The Reluctant Bride

The Reluctant Bride
Author: Anne Marie Duquette
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426888457

Karinne's been engaged to Max for two years, but everything conspires to keep them from actually getting married. His job as a guide in the Grand Canyon. Her job as a Phoenix-based sports photographer. Her family's troubled past. And now, making matters even more complicated, Karinne has reason to believe that her mother—long presumed dead—might be alive, after all. Now Karinne and Max are spending a week in the Grand Canyon on a rafting trip. It's supposed to be a pre-wedding vacation, a chance to enjoy some time together, an adventure. But it could be a little too much adventure. Especially when Karinne's mother, Margot, shows up—with a shocking request. It's another thing that comes between Max and Karinne. They love each other, but that might not be enough for this reluctant bride to walk down the aisle!

The Greek Tycoon's Reluctant Bride

The Greek Tycoon's Reluctant Bride
Author: Kate Hewitt
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426848013

Darkly handsome Demos Atrikes wants a wife to provide heirs to his fortune. No emotions, no complications… Catching sight of stunning, intriguing Althea Paranoussis, he has to have her. She may be a society party girl, but he believes she's perfect wife material—and their wedding is arranged. The chemistry between them is all-consuming. But once married, Demos discovers the painful truth of Althea's childhood. She needs more from him than he'd ever planned to give….

A Reluctant Bride

A Reluctant Bride
Author: Jess Michaels
Publisher: The Passionate Pen
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1947770241

The brand new series from 10-Time USA Today Bestselling author Jess Michaels! When the Jasper Kincaid, the Earl of Harcourt, offered to marry one of the infamous Shelley triplets, he was doing it for the dowry to refill his depleted coffers, not for anything so silly as love. But when he realizes it is Thomasina Shelley masquerading as his fiancée at their final engagement ball, not his true intended, a desire for her that he has been ignoring sparks. And when it becomes clear her sister has run away with another, an opportunity arises for a marriage with a much deeper connection. Thomasina’s feelings for Jasper have never been appropriate and she doubted the prudence of pretending to be his even for just one night. Once she’s caught, everything escalates so quickly. Suddenly she’s going to marry this stern, fascinating man who is not particularly pleased at her perfidy. Add to that her worry about where her wayward sister has gone and it’s a recipe for both passion…and disaster. As the two slowly grow closer, Jasper realizes his former fiancée’s disappearance may have more to do with his own past than he originally realized. And the longer he keeps that from Thomasina, the more painful it will be when the truth comes out. Can they let each other close enough to fight together against the dangers right around the corner? And will they survive to meet the future they could have if they do? Length: Full Length Novel Heat Level: Put a fan in your cart now (you're gonna need it). This is the first book in The Shelley Sisters series.

The Reluctant Bride

The Reluctant Bride
Author: C. K. Veale
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2003-11-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1410700666

Julia Parks has been missing for two years following the unexpected death of her husband, Turner. When an old Mexican psychic informs her, in no uncertain terms, that she will marry by the end of the year, she is less than enthusiastic, but nonetheless resigned to follow where fate leads. Julia, a talented artist and self-made woman always on the lookout for celestial guidance, mails invitations to her wedding on December 31...the name of the groom a glaring omission. Her return to Sonoma County, California pulls Julia back into the lives of her troubled sister, Shelly, and to the bedside of Nora, her dying mother and childhood tormentor. As Julia’s best friend, psychologist Paula Knapp, helps Julia confront the circumstances of Turner’s death, the two are led into a minefield of memories. The Cosmos has a plan for her alright, but it’s not what she thinks...

The Reluctant Bride

The Reluctant Bride
Author: Barbara Cartland
Publisher: Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1788670086

In the economic collapse that follows the Napoleonic Wars, retired Ambassador, Sir Horace Lambourn, and his family are all but bankrupt and cannot meet their ever mounting bills. Suddenly, though, a last minute rescue appears in the form of the request for the hand in marriage of Sir Horace’s beautiful daughter, Camilla, from none other than His Serene Highness the Prince of Meldenstein. Sir Horace is cock-a-hoop, especially when he learns of the very generous Marriage Settlement on offer, which will solve all his financial problems for the rest of his life. But understandably Camilla is afraid and appalled at the prospect of marrying a man she has never met. She has lived a quiet and sheltered life in the country with her parents and has no knowledge of the wicked scheming ways of the world outside Escorted by the dashing Captain Hugo Cheverly and her chaperone, an elderly Baroness from Meldenstein, Camilla sets out on a daunting journey by coach across Europe to meet her mysterious Royal suitor. On the way Camilla is made apprehensive and nervous by what she and Hugo Cheverly hear about the ruling family of Meldenstein and their behaviour. When finally they reach the grand and imposing Palace of Meldenstein, the Prince turns out to be a drug-addled, depraved and tyrannical monster. Along the way she meets with many perils as well as the intrigues of High Society and, eventually, love where she least expected to find it.