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Wyatt Reed, a seasoned bounty hunter, is tasked with transporting a group of orphaned children from Evans Grove to the next town. While on the journey, his eyes fall on Charlotte Miller, a beautiful widow whose marriage lacked love but provided the right to adopt the youngest child, Sasha. With no husband to fulfill the legal requirement, Charlotte cannot adopt. Wyatt, seeing an opportunity, agrees to be her groom-for-hire—only until Sasha becomes hers. As the days pass, Wyatt finds reasons to stay beyond the contract and glimpses a future richer than any fortune he has known.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Christian Fiction/Christian Romance
Authors: Christine Johnson
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