Daniel'S Bride

By: Linda Lael Miller

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Synopsis: Bestselling author Linda Lael Miller&’s beloved novel of the American West shimmers with the unbridled passion of two adventurous hearts brought together first by convenience and then by blooming attraction.When a woman has to choose between death and marriage to a total stranger, she must be in a dire predicament… And for Jolie McKibben, about to pay by hanging for a terrible crime she didn&’t commit, salvation by marriage couldn&’t come a moment too soon. Housekeeping for Daniel Beckham, a widower who invoked the town&’s wedding ordinance to rescue Jolie from the gallows, is better than the alternative—but trying to understand the silent stranger who is now her husband might just kill her. Daniel doesn&’t believe in Jolie&’s innocence. And despite his willingness to marry the pretty, defiant &“outlaw&” on the spot, the prosperous farmer had little to say to her after &“I do.&” But for Jolie, their arrangement of convenience soon deepens into a rich and vibrant attraction that sets her trembling with desire in Daniel&’s presence. Somehow, she must win his love, body and soul. Unless the desperados on her trail shatter the fragile, trusting bond of husband and wife…