Books like Marriage In Name Only by Doreen Owens Malek
Years ago, Ann Talbot was forced to leave Heath Bodine’s house without a goodbye. Now she is back, and although Heath has changed, he still holds an electrifying power over her heart.
He proposes marriage, not out of love but as an instrument of revenge for the pain he feels. Ann knows she has no real choice but to agree.
Heath’s plan is to make Ann pay for running out on him, yet the very act of sharing a roof and a bed could undo him, as he desires not only her body but her heart as well.
In this tense, emotionally charged drama, the stakes are personal and profound: a woman must navigate her own longing, the threat of retribution, and the possibility that love might, paradoxically, be the key to saving her from her captor’s wrath.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Marriage & Divorce Fiction
Authors: Doreen Owens Malek
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