An Unexpected Wife

Giving up her out-of-wedlock son was the only right choice.

Still, Kate Woodward aches that she isn’t part of his life. She can’t heal herself, but she can help ex-Confederate soldier Robert Markham rebuild his war-shattered life. But helping Robert is drawing them irresistibly close—even as Kate fears she can never be the one he deserves …

Battlefield loss and guilt rekindled Robert’s faith and brought him home to Atlanta. And Kate’s past only makes him more determined to show this steadfast, caring woman that she deserves happiness.

Now with her secrets revealed and her child in danger, Robert has only one chance to win her trust—and embark on the sweetest of new beginnings …

About the author

Cheryl Reavis is an award-winning short story and romance author who also writes under the name of Cinda Richards, describes herself as a late bloomer who played in her first piano recital at the tender age of thirty. We had to line up by height–I was the third smallest kid, she says. After that, there was no stopping me. I immediately gave myself permission to attempt my other heart's desire–to write. Her Silhouette Special Edition novel A Crime of the Heart reached millions of readers in Good Housekeeping magazine. Her books, The Prisoner , a Harlequin Historical and A Crime of the Heart and Patrick Gallagher's Widow , both Silhouette Special Editions, are all Romance Writers of America's RITA Award winners. One of Our Own received the Career Achievement Award for Best Innovative Series Romance from Romantic Times magazine. A former public health nurse, Cheryl makes her home in North Carolina with her husband.