The Bridal Price
A MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE — Carling Templeton was fit to be tied! Here she was, an independent, enlightened twentieth-century woman -- about to be sold into marriage like some sort of medieval bride. Even worse, her husband-to-be was the insufferable cattle rancher, Kane McClellan, Carling thought he was infuriating, so she never expected her "I won't" to turn to "I will" the second she said "I do." Kane had wanted Carling ever since he'd seen her picture on the society page. True, she'd only come to Texas out of dire necessity, yet he was determined to win her proud affection. Sweet Carling was his -- bought and paid for. But was he prepared to pay the price of their passionate union?