Joan Johnston
He May Be Her Only Hope.,She May Be His Last Chance,Miranda Wentworth never imagined becoming a mail-order bride. Now marriage to a stranger is her only hope of finding a home where she and her two younger brothers can escape the brutality of the Chicago orphanage where they live. With any luck, she can even start a family of her own, once the three of them are settled at Jacob Creedâ€™s Texas ranch. But Miranda has one gigantic concern: Her husband-to-be knows nothing about the brothers sheâ€™s bringing along. What if he calls off the deal when he discovers the trick sheâ€™s played on him?,Jake Creed is hanging on to his Texas ranch by his fingernails. His nemesis, Alexander Blackthorne, is determined to ruin him. Jake will never give up, but heâ€™s in desperate trouble. His wife died six months ago in childbirth, along with their stillborn son, and his two-year-old daughter needs a mother. The advertisement Jake wrote never mentioned his daughterâ€”or the fact that he has no intention of consummating his marriage. Heâ€™s determined never to subject another wife to the burden of pregnancy. But Jake doesn't count on finding his bride so desirable. He doesn't count on aching with need when she joins him in bed. And he never suspected his bride would have plans of her own to seduce him.
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