Showing results for "Marrying" in Literature & Fiction

A ruthless tycoon Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take her virtue to...

Dive into a witty yet thought-provoking comedy set in 1799, centered around the Leete family, members of the British rural gentry. Mr. Carnaby Leete, a beleaguered politician, finds his career hanging by a thread and must secure his position by marrying off his youngest daughter, Ann, to the right suitor. Complicating matters, his only son has made a socially inferior match, while his eldest daughters once-promising marriage faces turmoil. This play artfully blends humor with symbolism, prompting audiences to ponder the implications of arranging a daughters marriage purely for political ...

Wedding planner Adam More has an epiphany: He has devoted all his life’s energy to creating events that he and his partner, Steven, are forbidden by federal law for having for themselves. So Adam decides to make a change. Organizing a boycott of the wedding industry, Steven and Adam call on gay organists, hairdressers, cater-waiters, priests, and hairdressers everywhere to get out of the business and to stop going to weddings, too. In this screwball, romantic comedy both the movement they’ve begun and their relationship are put in jeopardy when Steven’s brother proposes to Adam’s sister....

The McBride brothers are in for a matrimonial surprise when an enterprising woman answers their little sister's mail order bride advertisement in this laugh-out-loud historical romance. As the oldest of the McBride siblings, Morgan had to be protector and shepherd since Ma died and Pa ran off...

Take a walk down the aisle - western-style - with these tales of unbridled love, from a trio of New York Times best-selling authors who know the way to a cowboy's heart. Includes "The Rancher's Wedding" by Diana Palmer, "Wind River Wedding" by Lindsay McKenna, and "The Cowboy Lassoes a Bride" by Kate Pearce.

There are days on Willow Lake... Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men - one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.When the wind is so still and the water so calm... Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face....

Everyone in town knows that Sarah Yoder is enamored with Jonah Miller, even though he's been with his girlfriend, Lorie, for years. But all that changes when Lorie runs off with another man. Inconsolable, his faith in love shattered, Jonah resists everyone's attempts to ease his pain - until the unexpected happens one night.

After three years of dating, Anita Jain finally got fed up with the New York singles scene. As her Indian parents continued to pressure her to find a mate, Jain couldn't help asking herself the question: Is arranged marriage really any worse than Craigslist? Full of romantic chance encounters, nosy relatives, and dozens of potential husbands, Marrying Anita is a refreshingly honest look at our own expectations and the modern search for the perfect mate.

Lady Arabella Danvers is happy with her life just the way it is. She is free to be herself and take care of broken and abandoned animals. Her mother is desperate for her to marry, and has decided to take things into her own hands. There is just one little problem with her plan.

Small-town florist Ashley Gaines loves her little flower shop and putting together the perfect bouquets for weddings and other happy occasions. Her own love life, however, is far from blossoming. Ash has decided that staying in the closet is safer than risking her heart again. Local bakery owner Sasha Peterson hasn't had much luck mixing it up with romance either. Besides, she's too busy whipping up delicious treats to have time for a relationship. But then their town's first lesbian wedding forces them to work together.

Bookish Arabella Bromley never gave a fig for society's rules—until her sister ran off with a man below her station. Now Arabella is desperate to restore her family's ruined reputation to favor amongst the ton. She'll have to marry quickly and well. But in order to carry off her plan, Arabella needs a duke . . . and she has just the rakish fellow in mind.

Er ist attraktiv. Er ist verletzend. Er ist ihr Ex! Robyn will ihren Augen nicht trauen, als sie sieht, mit wem sie ab sofort zusammenarbeiten soll. Dayton McKinnon ist nicht nur der CEO der Firma, für die sie in naher Zukunft die mehrheitlichen Anteile erhalten wird, sondern auch ihre ehemalige große Liebe. Dass diese Kombination auf Dynamit gebettet ist, ahnt Robyn sofort - und sie soll recht behalten. Ihr Ex-Verlobter zeigt Robyn umgehend, wie sehr ihm ihre Nähe missfällt.

Er ist charismatisch. Er ist anmaßend. Er ist ihr Boss! Ally liebt zwar ihren Job, aber sie verabscheut ihren Chef Jamie Rutherford abgrundtief. Zum Glück hat sie wenig mit ihm zu tun, bis er ihr auf seine arrogante Art einen Spezialauftrag gibt: Sie soll ihn zur Hochzeit seiner Schwester begleiten! Für Ally stehen alle Zeichen auf Kündigung. Zumindest gedanklich. Leisten kann sie sich diesen Schritt jedoch nicht und kommt deshalb seiner Aufforderung notgedrungen nach.

Tall, dark, and brooding, the Viscount of Barnet stole Jane Milton's heart the day she saw him astride his black horse in the woods. When she learns of his upcoming trip to Brighton, she grasps at an opportunity to be a companion to an elderly woman there, in order to follow - er - accompany Lord Barnet to the seaside town. Mr. Philip Honeyfield has suffered the dreaded misfortune of inheriting a title. Ungainly and shy, how can he perform well in the eye of society? To navigate his new role, Philip seeks advice from an unlikely source.

#1 New York Times best-selling author Susan Wiggs continues her remarkable Lakeshore Chronicles series with the long-awaited story of a woman at the crossroads of love....

Two Stones has lived most of his life as an outsider, shifting between two different worlds—the orderly village of his Salish family and wild mining towns. Though he’s not fully accepted anywhere, he’s made a name for himself trading between the tribes and the miners, even making a trusted friend or two along the way.

Ten rough, tough, protective alphas. Ten sweet, sassy, curvy women. Ten over the top, ultra steamy, happily ever afters. How could you go wrong? These older men beg for danger, live on the edge, and would do anything for the woman they adore. Don't miss these ten fan favorites all in one place: Marrying the Mountain Man; Jack- Wildwood County; Midnight Oil; Falcon- Rebel Lake; Freedom in the Forbidden; Taming the Girl Dad; Jacob- Wildwood County; Hands on Education; Salty Boy (OW/YM); Henry- Alaskan Mountain Men.