Their Reluctant Bride
Book 6
Bridgewater Ménage Series
Genre: Historical Western Erotic
Word count: 35,000
Synopsis:
Emily Woodhouse is a penniless, homeless widow thanks to her
recently deceased husband. His gambling ways have placed her in a desperate
situation. Faced with working off his debt in the basest of ways, she chooses
instead to accept Tyler and Xander's unconventional marriage proposal. She
won't be marrying one man, but two.
Tyler and Xander know instantly that Emily is the one for
them. Not only does the widowed young woman rouse their protective natures, she
knows of their customs regarding a two husband marriage. Despite the fact that
Emily needs the safety they can offer, she isn't eager to remarry. She might be
reluctant, but they will show her what it will be like with two men to cherish,
protect and possess her.
But the past catches up with them in the most dangerous of
ways. Only in facing the past can they forge a future together.
Excerpt (NSFW version):
Xander looked at me for one short
moment, then lowered himself to his knees and began lifting up the long hem of
my dress.
I tried to swat his hands away,
but he was not to be deterred.
“What
are you doing?” I squeaked. It was one thing to agree to marry and… fuck them,
but it was another to do it right now.
“I’m
going to show you how it’s going to be between us,”
“Yes,
but why are you on your knees? Shouldn’t we be in bed? It’s not dark out,” I
stammered, my palms pressing against the wood of the door.
He looked up at me and grinned.
His teeth were white compared to his tanned skin and dark beard.
“You
are a little reluctant after all.”
All of a sudden I was very reluctant.
“Don’t
worry, baby, he’s going to make you feel good,” Mr. Tyler said, his voice a
smooth timbre. He moved closer. Backed against the door, one man at my feet and
the other just beside me, I had nowhere to go.
Excerpt (SFW
version):
You need a wife and Emily is
perfect.”
“She’s
just lost her husband. How could she be perfect if she’s clearly not interested?”
I angled my head toward the direction she’d gone.
“Her
husband gambled and drank to excess. While she never once confessed it, I
believe he hit her. He was cruel to her at the very least. She is not the least
bit sorry he’s dead. In fact, if she weren’t such a nice person, she’d be
dancing on his grave.”
The idea of anyone hurting Mrs.
Woodhouse made my hands clench. She was too small, too… dainty—even with her
lush curves—to protect herself from the likes of a man Olivia described.
“Then
she can find a man she truly likes this time around. She’s young, beautiful.
She’s a catch for any man in town.”
Olivia grinned. “So you think
she’s beautiful?”
“Any
conscious man would think so,” I countered.
“Then
you should offer for her.”
I sighed, exasperated. “Why?”
“Because
you and Xander need a wife.”
I shook my head. “We do not need
a wife.”
“I
see the way you look at the couples at Bridgewater. Everyone’s happily married.
It’s hard, I’m sure, for you to witness since no one else marries like we do.
Like your parents. You want a marriage with Xander like all of us at
Bridgewater. Admit it.”
“Of
course I admit it. I won’t marry any other way.” I put my hand up. “That does
not mean that our bride should be Mrs. Woodhouse.”
Olivia pursed her lips. “She has
to marry.”
My brows went up. “Again, why?”
“The
bank is taking the ranch. Debts, most of them I’m sure are because of her
husband’s gambling. She has no place to go. No money. She’ll have to get a job
and there are none, unless she wants to work on her back.”
“Olivia,”
I warned.
“What?
It’s true.” Olivia took a deep breath. “She’s going to have to marry. A woman
doesn’t have any other options. It might as well be you.”
I frowned. “Is that a compliment?”
“Of
course, it is. She deserves someone—or two someones—who will be good to her. I
know you and Xander would be. Plus, I know her well and she knows about how we
marry. I like her. Trust me, you’ll be well suited.”
I turned so I could look at the
woman’s retreating figure. Well suited? I had no doubt we’d be very compatible
in bed. She would be no hardship to look at. That did not make a marriage, but
it certainly helped.
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