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Texas socialite Delaney Cartwright’s wedding to her childhood friend is a high‑society affair she can’t bring herself to attend. One night, she touches an antique Irish veil that, according to legend, grants a heart’s deepest wish, and suddenly the bride envisions a mysterious stranger with dark eyes and irresistible lips. Determined to avoid the marriage, Delaney stages a kidnapping of her fiancé for a night of passion, only to mistake the wrong man for the lover she desires. The man she has captured turns out to be Detective Nick Vinetti, who appears intrigued by her bold plan. With a kidnapped fiancé, a gleeful detective, and the veil’s promise of Irish magic, Delaney hatches an outrageous plan to escape her wedding vows and discovers the true direction of her heart.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Lori Wilde
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