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    The Reluctant Bride
    The Reluctant Bride
    The Reluctant Bride
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    The Reluctant Bride

    By Donna Hatch

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    Abby refuses to marry the monster to whom she is betrothed. As she flees, she meets a mysterious stranger at a wayside inn. His startling proposition will either save her, or leave her mired in scandal.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDonna Hatch
    Release dateJul 20, 2011
    ISBN9781466039506
    The Reluctant Bride
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    Donna Hatch

    Donna Hatch is the award-winning author of the best-selling “Rogue Hearts Series” and more than 25 published titles. A hopeless romantic and adventurer at heart, she discovered her writing passion at the tender age of 8. She juggles writing, freelance editing, multiple volunteer positions, and speaking at workshops and conferences. Both natives of Arizona, she and her husband of over thirty years have raised 6 children together and are living proof that there really is a happily ever after.

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      The Reluctant Bride - Donna Hatch

      Copyright 2011 Donna Hatch

      Free Edition

      ISBN 9781466039506

      This ebook, The Reluctant Bride, is licensed for your personal enjoyment, and to help get the word out about my books. Feel free to refer your friends to the Smashwords website where they can download their own copies. And please visit the author website at www.donnahatch.com to find more books by this author.

      England 1815

      Abby shifted, bumping first her head and then her knee, and reached two important conclusions. First, the storage compartment of a mail coach was no way to travel. And second, she was a very great fool.

      What had she been thinking stowing away? Now she was friendless, cold, and her parents were probably cursing her to high heaven. Moreover, Aunt Millicent might not be pleased to see Abby appear unexpectedly on her doorstep. Aunt Millicent may be even less pleased to learn Abby had defied her father and fled her impending marriage.

      At home, this idea of a grand adventure had seemed so exciting, and the perfect solution for avoiding that horrible man to whom her parents had betrothed her as a child. Now she wasn’t so sure.

      In the crowded compartment, Abby shifted in another failed attempt to ease her aching limbs. Her toes were numb and her stomach growled so loudly she feared it might alert the passengers riding inside the coach.

      With every painful, jarring mile, her courage faded. What was worse—running away or facing the terrifying man she was meant to marry?

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