Mail-Order Cinderella

He needed a convenient wife to protect his inheritance. She wanted a baby and a family of her own. Neither planned on falling in love.

If diehard bachelor Tyler Fortune was being forced by his parents to marry, he’d darned well do it on his own terms—even if it meant securing a bride through a dating service!

Faced with an ultimatum from his parents, Tyler was certain a sensible contract would protect his vice presidency without upending his bachelor routine. Mousy Julie Parker seemed the perfect candidate. In return for becoming his wife, all the shy librarian wanted was a baby. And Tyler thought marriage wouldn’t change his life much at all. Until his sweet bride had a glamorous makeover and they got down to making a baby the old-fashioned way…
Romantic Comedy: When Tyler tracks his runaway bride back to Texas, their fiery living-room showdown gets interrupted by two armed Houston police officers summoned by frantic neighbors.Family Saga: Matriarch Kate Fortune happily overrules the couple’s modest wishes, staging a lavish ranch wedding complete with a butter-satin gown and an uninvited guest list of local dignitaries.Small Town Setting: Beneath the sunbaked charm of Pueblo, Arizona, an ongoing investigation into a construction foreman’s fatal elevator accident casts a dark shadow over the Fortune family’s dream hospital.Also by This Author: Angel’s Child, Hot Pursuit and I Married a Prince.