Hired Bride

by Jackie Merritt

  Zane stopped and turned to look at the man. “Well, I’ll be damned,” Zane said under his breath.

  “Who is he?” Gwen asked anxiously.

  “That, my love, is a whole other story,” Zane said with an astonished shake of his head. “A whole other story.”

  Special thanks and acknowledgment are given to Jackie Merritt for her contribution to THE FORTUNES OF TEXAS series.

  ISBN: 978-1-4268-7335-5

  HIRED BRIDE

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