The Bride Lottery
Bidding on his convenient bride!There’s no room in James Fast Elk Blackburn’s dangerous life for a wife, but the gentle beauty on offer in the town’s bridal auction would make the perfect carer for his orphaned niece.Miranda Fairfax is trying to reach her sister in Arizona. Being arrested, then forcibly wed to a bounty hunter, is not part of her plan! Yet Jamie’s rough exterior conceals a compassionate and sensual man, and Miranda soon wishes their marriage could be for real…
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Bidding on his convenient bride!
Thereâs no room in James Fast Elk Blackburnâs dangerous life for a wife, but the gentle beauty on offer in the townâs bridal auction would make the perfect caregiver for his orphaned niece.
Miranda Fairfax is trying to reach her sister in Arizona. Being arrested then forcibly wed to a bounty hunter is not part of her plan! Yet Jamieâs rough exterior conceals a compassionate, sensual man, and Miranda soon wishes their marriage could be for real...
Three sisters find rugged husbands
in the wild Wild West
Beautiful heiresses Charlotte, Miranda and Annabel Fairfax have only ever known a life of luxury in Boston. Now orphaned and in danger, they are forced to flee, penniless and alone, into the lawless West. There they discover that people will risk all for gold and landâbut when the sisters make three very different marriages to three enigmatic men they will find the most precious treasure of all!
Read Charlotte and Thomasâs story in
His Mail-Order Bride Already available
Miranda and Jamesâs story in
The Bride Lottery Available now
and
Annabel and Clayâs story coming soon!
When I wrote His Mail-Order Brideâthe story of Charlotte Fairfax, who assumes another womanâs identity and ends up married to an Arizona Territory homesteaderâI did not intend to write three books. However, it seemed natural to follow with the stories of Charlotteâs sisters, Miranda and Annabel, and it became a trilogy: The Fairfax Brides.
I wanted my heroines to have distinct personalities, and I wanted to write about three different heroes, yet there are common elements throughout the books. All three sisters have to flee from their embittered cousin Gareth, who seeks to control the Fairfax fortune. All three heroes are loners, but each in his own way each of them longs for a woman to loveâsomeone to call his own, someone who will make him complete.
The Bride Lottery is the story of the middle sister, Miranda, and Jamie Blackburn, a part-Cheyenne bounty hunter. Brave and bold, Miranda thirsts for adventure and meets new challenges head-on. Jamie has lost everyone he has ever loved, and lives in a dark world of death and danger. When fate throws them together Jamie finds a chance for redemption in Miranda, but the violence of his profession stands in their way.
I hope youâll enjoy reading about Miranda and Jamie.
Annabelâs story will complete the trilogy. The youngest, clever but emotionally volatile, Annabel has some growing up to do before she can stand up to her older sisters and find her place in the world.
Before becoming a novelist, TATIANA MARCH tried out various occupationsâincluding being an accountant. Now she loves writing Western historical romance. In the course of her research Tatiana has been detained by the US border guards, had a skirmish with the Mexican army, and stumbled upon a rattlesnake. This has not diminished her determination to create authentic settings for her stories.
Books by Tatiana March
Mills & Boon Historical Romance
The Fairfax Brides
His Mail-Order Bride
The Bride Lottery
Mills & Boon Historical Undone! eBooks
The Virginâs Debt
Submit to the Warrior
Surrender to the Knight
The Drifterâs Bride
Visit the Author Profile page at www.millsandboon.co.uk
Contents
Boston, Massachusetts, July 1889
The night had fallen. In the darkness of her bedroom at Merlinâs Leap, Miranda Fairfax held up a single candle. The flickering light fell on the pale features of her younger sister, Annabel. âI donât like leaving you behind, Scrappy.â Miranda used the childhood nickname reserved for moments of tenderness. âCousin Gareth could set his sights on you next.â
âNo.â Annabel spoke calmly, even though fear lurked in her amber eyes. âHe might have gotten away with declaring Charlotte dead but to do the same with you would raise suspicion. One dead sister is feasible. Two dead sisters would trigger an alarm. Iâll be safe, even after youâve gone.â
Miranda agreed, and yet the thought of leaving Annabel alone at Merlinâs Leap filled her with dread. The gray stone mansion by the ocean just north of Boston had been a happy home, until four years ago, when their parents died in a boating accident. Since then, the sisters had been at the mercy of their Cousin Gareth, who had come to live with them and was determined to get his hands on the Fairfax fortune.
Charlotte had been the heiress, and Cousin Gareth had attempted to force her into marriage. After Charlotte ran away two months ago, Cousin Gareth had claimed the body of some unknown woman as her. With Charlotte officially dead, Miranda stood to inherit, and now Garethâs efforts to bring about a marriage were focused on her, forcing her to flee.
