A Convenient Texas Wedding
They had their reasons for marriage… until passion took over!Allison Cartwright is shocked when playboy millionaire Rand Gibson proposes marriage. Although Alison is determined that sex is off the table, she’s worried that their bodies will betray them…will Allison marry a man who could break her heart in the bargain?
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They had their reasons for marriage...until unreasonable passions prevailed!
Millionaire Rand Gibsonâs proposal shocks Allison Cartwright. He needs a wife to debunk his playboy image, and her fresh-faced look is perfect for the role. Allison insists sex is off the table. Yet she fears their bodies will betray them. Though the Irish-born writer wants to stay in America, is she desperate enough to marry a man who could break her heart in the bargain?
SHERI WHITEFEATHER is an award-winning, bestselling author. She writes a variety of romance novels for Mills & Boon and is known for incorporating Native American elements into her stories. She has two grown children, who are tribally enrolled members of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She lives in California and enjoys shopping in vintage stores and visiting art galleries and museums. Sheri loves to hear from her readers at www.sheriwhitefeather.com.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07626-5
A CONVENIENT TEXAS WEDDING
© 2018 Sheri WhiteFeather
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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Contents
Allison Cartwright was in a pickle. The dill of all dills, she thought. The big, fat sour kind sold in American delicatessens, known for making oneâs face pucker. She might as well be making that expression right now.
Her temporary visa would be expiring soon, and she didnât want to return to her familyâs sheep farm in Kenmare, Ireland, bleating like a lost lamb.
Presently, she sat in the passenger seat of an Uber car. The driver had picked her up at her apartment in Dallas, Texas, and was taking her to the exclusive Bellamy resort in Royal, Texas.
On this hot summer afternoon, sheâd donned a sleeveless blouse and a long, pleated skirt with side pockets. Her deep red hair was smooth and straight, and her fair skin was scrubbed clean. Although sheâd gotten used to thinking of herself as more plain than pretty, she sometimes wondered what being the sophisticated type would be like. But she had plenty of other things, besides her lack of glamour, to occupy her mind.
As the vehicle advanced on the interstate highway that led to Royal, she glanced down at her cowgirl-style boots with their brown leather, blue stitching and pointed toes. Sheâd purchased them when she first arrived in Texas, and this was where she wanted to stay. Even as a child, sheâd been consumed with America, most specifically Texas, studying about it every chance she got. Sheâd always dreamed of living here.
During her teenage years, she helped out on her familyâs farm and took online writing courses. Once she became an adult, she sold magazine articles to a variety of publications. But she also had a regular job, waiting tables in a popular tourist spot. She worked her tail off, saving practically everything she earned so she could visit the States one day and write an epic novel with a dashing Texas hero.
Then, just this year, sheâd had an affair with the worst person imaginable, a handsome rancher and businessman whoâd charmed her from the first moment heâd come into the restaurant. Sheâd followed him here to Texas with romantic notions and had spent three months growing closer to the man sheâd known as Will Sanders. But that wasnât who he was. About a month ago, sheâd learned that his real name was Rich Lowell. By then, he was gone, completely out of her life. But that was a complex situation, too. When they were still together, sheâd been informed that heâd been killed in a plane crash.
