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A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE - RUNAWAY BRIDE HISTORICAL ROMANCE Saucy cotton mill lass1885. Too many men, too few women in sunny Western Australia. Sadie Briarshaw escapes her Lancashire cotton mill by agreeing to a marriage of convenience-she takes the bride ship to the British-ruled colony on the other side of the earth. Rugged Scots-Aussie heroEntrepreneur Connach MacLeod thinks all women are the same, offering domestic and bedroom comforts. A bride ship woman will suit him fine. Born in Islay, Scotland, he has built an import-export empire thanks to whisky smuggling, illegal shipwreck hunting, and wool. Banter and mayhemSadie hesitates on the church steps on the day of their arranged marriage, then flees, causing scandal and uproar. Yet Connach has fallen hard for golden, unique Shipwreck Sadie. He vows to woo her and win her, while Sadie discovers how to employ her courage and talent for the good of her new colony-with the help of her rejected fianc .

Lilwen Jones bounces her bustle down the stairs--she is finally free But her father has gambled away her plant nursery, her sole livelihood. She has one chance to save her fortunes and her dreams: to seek the legendary white waratah in Australia's wild southern island of Tasmania. Sawyer Thane is a wildlife hunter, explorer, and a man with secrets. He organizes a luxurious ship journey to remember. He plans their expedition to the last detail. He doesn't lose his temper--not totally--when lovely Lilwen insists on her own way. And he absolutely won't fall for a contrary, plant-loving witch in trousers, as he is not the marrying kind. As Lilwen and Sawyer scour the wilderness for the elusive plant, rules are optional, danger mounts, and their scorching attraction threatens to set the entire forest ablaze.

Gunslinger turned playwright Opal Calahan is handy with a pistol and even handier with a pen. She arrives in town dreaming of creating the new Wylder Playhouse. Rugged prospector Heath Rawdon tantalizes as her perfect leading man-but why does he hate theaters? And why does he have a price on his head? Heath is running from his past and wrestling mental demons. Thanks to his visit to the playhouse in the lawless Ballarat goldfields, he lost his mate and his goldmine-and got slammed with the charge of murder. The last thing he needs is a beautiful, charming playwright disturbing his harsh existence. But feisty Opal has secrets and needs his help. Together they banter, dance, face theatrical disaster, and combat danger in a race to rewrite their future and achieve their dreams.