Lucky penny / Catherine Anderson.
To support her orphaned niece, impoverished Brianna O'Keefe accepts work with a Colorado rancher. To guard herself from the unwanted attention, she resorts to a harmless little lie: that she's married to a Denver gold miner named David Paxton. When her boss forces her to write her "husband," hoping he'll take Brianna off his hands, she can only pray that there is no real David Paxton who can expose her.When Colorado marshal David Paxton gets a letter from a stranger claiming to be his wife and pleading with him to come for her and his daughter, he dutifully sets out to find this woman and the child he may have sired. What stuns Brianna is the David is convinced the young girl is, in fact, his. As David and Brianna's wary attraction blossoms into deeper desire, David warms to the idea of a ready-made family. But can his dream survive Brianna's lingering distrust --- and his own secrets? -- Book jacket.
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- ISBN: 9780451236036 (mass market pbk.)
- Physical Description: 413 p. ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Signet, 2012.
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General Note: | "A Coulter family historical novel"--Cover. |
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Subject: | Deception > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. |
Genre: | Love stories. Romance fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
When Colorado marshal David Paxton gets a letter from Brianna O'Keefe, a stranger claiming to be his wife, pleading with him to come for her and his daughter, he dutifully responds and is saddled with a ready-made family. - Baker & Taylor
When Colorado marshal David Paxton gets a letter from a stranger claiming to be his wife and pleading with him to come for her and his daughter, he dutifully responds and is saddled with a ready-made family. Original. 400,000 first printing. - Penguin Putnam
In this stirring novel of the Old West from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson, a desperate womanâs impulsive ruse brings a rough-looking stranger into her life...
To support her orphaned niece, impoverished Brianna OâKeefe accepts work with a Colorado rancher. To guard herself from unwanted attention, she resorts to a harmless little lie: that sheâs married to a Denver gold miner named David Paxton. When her boss forces her to write her âhusband,â hoping heâll take Brianna off his hands, she can only pray that no real David Paxton exists who can expose her.
When Colorado marshal David Paxton gets a letter from a stranger claiming to be his wife, and pleading with him to come for her and his âdaughter,â he dutifully sets out to find this woman and the child he may have sired. What stuns Brianna is that David is convinced the young girl could, in fact, be his. As David and Briannaâs wary attraction blossoms into a deeper desire, David warms to the idea of a ready-made family. But can his dream survive Briannaâs lingering distrust...and his own heart-held secrets? - Random House, Inc.
In this stirring novel of the Old West from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson, a desperate woman’s impulsive ruse brings a rough-looking stranger into her life...
To support her orphaned niece, impoverished Brianna O’Keefe accepts work with a Colorado rancher. To guard herself from unwanted attention, she resorts to a harmless little lie: that she’s married to a Denver gold miner named David Paxton. When her boss forces her to write her “husband,” hoping he’ll take Brianna off his hands, she can only pray that no real David Paxton exists who can expose her.
When Colorado marshal David Paxton gets a letter from a stranger claiming to be his wife, and pleading with him to come for her and his “daughter,” he dutifully sets out to find this woman and the child he may have sired. What stuns Brianna is that David is convinced the young girl could, in fact, be his. As David and Brianna’s wary attraction blossoms into a deeper desire, David warms to the idea of a ready-made family. But can his dream survive Brianna’s lingering distrust...and his own heart-held secrets?