The Runaway Bride (The Bride Ships Book #2)

The Runaway Bride (The Bride Ships Book #2)
Author: Jody Hedlund
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493422847

Wealthy Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship still wearing the scars of past mistakes. One of the few single women in the boomtown, she immediately has suitors, but she is determined not to find herself trapped again by a poor choice. Vying for her hand are two very different men. Lieutenant Richard Drummond is a gentleman in the Navy and is held in high esteem. Peter Kelly is the town's baker and has worked hard to build a thriving business. He and Drummond not only compete for Arabella's affections, but clash over their views of how the natives should be treated in the midst of a smallpox outbreak. As Arabella begins to overcome her fears, she discovers someone in dire need--a starving girl abandoned by her tribe. Intent on helping the girl, Arabella leans on Peter's advice and guidance. Will she have the wisdom to make the right decision or will seeking what's right cost both her and Peter everything?

Secrets of a Runaway Bride

Secrets of a Runaway Bride
Author: Valerie Bowman
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2013-03-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466813202

SECRETS OF A RUNAWAY BRIDE Valerie Bowman Miss Annie Andrews is finally free to marry the man she loves. With her overprotective sister out of the country on her honeymoon, nothing can prevent her flight to Gretna Green—nothing, that is, but an abduction by the wrong gentleman. When Jordan Holloway, the Earl of Ashbourne, promised to look after his best friend's sister-in-law, he didn't realize she would prove so difficult. But when he spirits her away to his country house to prevent her elopement, he discovers that the tempting beauty knows how to put up a fight. To make matters worse, he's stuck playing the role of honorable protector...when what he really wants is to run away with her himself.

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride
Author: Ruth Ann Nordin
Publisher: Ruth Ann Nordin
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2013-04-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

From the moment Mark Tanner sees Lexie Rogers, he knows she’s destined to be his wife. There is only one problem: her fiancé. Mark knows she’s better off with him, but can he convince her of that before it’s too late? Lexie’s mother has planned out her life for her. Living in the shadow of the older sister who never pleased her mother, it’s up to Lexie to be the daughter her sister never was. And now that includes marrying the man her mother selected for her. Then Mark comes along and turns her world upside down. Will she throw caution to the wind and run away with him? Or will she make the biggest mistake of her life and stay with her fiancé?

A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships Book #3)

A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships Book #3)
Author: Jody Hedlund
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493425218

Unemployed mill worker Zoe Hart jumps at the opportunity to emigrate to British Columbia in 1863 to find a better life and be reunited with her brother, who fled from home after being accused of a crime. Pastor to miners in the mountains, Abe Merivale discovers an abandoned baby during a routine visit to Victoria and joins efforts with Zoe, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women, to care for the infant. While there, he's devastated by the news from his fiancee in England that she's marrying another man. With mounting pressure to find the baby a home, Zoe accepts a proposal from a miner of questionable character after he promises to help her locate her brother. Intent on protecting Zoe and frustrated by his failed engagement, Abe offers his own hand as groom. After a hasty wedding, they soon realize their marriage of convenience is not so convenient after all.

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride
Author: Mary Jayne Baker
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018-02-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0008258325

‘Full of heart, humour and larger-than-life characters’ Debbie Johnson A heart-warming novel about love and new beginnings, you won’t be able to put it down!

To Catch a Runaway Bride

To Catch a Runaway Bride
Author: Helen Dickson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2022-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781867259060

'Will you take this man?' 'No, I will not.' Moments away from becoming a viscountess, Marietta Harrington realises that she cannot marry the man her father has chosen for her. Wedding guest Edmund Fitzroy whisks her away from the church...and as she gets to know this virtual stranger, she's drawn into a delicious courtship. When Edmund mysteriously disappears, Marietta faces a terrible choice. Should she trust the man she loves or submit to another arranged marriage? Mills & Boon Historical -- Your romantic escape to the past.

A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships Book #1)

A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships Book #1)
Author: Jody Hedlund
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 384
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?

THE DOCTOR'S RUNAWAY BRIDE

THE DOCTOR'S RUNAWAY BRIDE
Author: Sarah Morgan
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596291233

Before she marries Luca, Tia discovers that he doesn’t love her. She flees her wedding, goes back to London and is determined to make a life for herself and the child she is carrying. But then Luca shows up…as a doctor at the hospital where Tia works as a midwife. Citing his concern for the unborn child, Luca moves into her home. Contrary to his cool demeanor at the wedding, he’s incredibly attentive to her and an amazing doctor at work. Which of these men is the real Luca—the cold bridegroom or the attentive doctor?

To Catch a Runaway Bride

To Catch a Runaway Bride
Author: Helen Dickson
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2021-12-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369711483

“Will you take this man?” “No, I will not.” Moments away from becoming a viscountess, Marietta Harrington realizes that she cannot marry the man her father has chosen for her. Wedding guest Edmund Fitzroy whisks her away from the church…and as she gets to know this virtual stranger, she’s drawn into a delicious courtship. When Edmund mysteriously disappears, Marietta faces a terrible choice. Should she trust the man she loves or submit to another arranged marriage? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

The Runaway Bride

The Runaway Bride
Author: Elizabeth Kendall
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2002
Genre: Comedy films
ISBN: 0815411995

Written with erudition, insight, and enthusiasm, Runaway Bride is a brilliant mix of film and social history that renews our vision and broadens our understanding of some of the best-loved movies ever made, and the complex, Depression-influenced circumstances from which they were born.