The Reluctant Bride Author:Beverley Eikli Emily Micklen is proud, passionate ? and left with no option after the death of her loving fiancé, Jack, but to marry the scarred, taciturn, soldier who has no other means of securing a well-connected wife. — Major Angus McCartney hopes that marriage to the unobtainable beauty whose confident gaze about the ballroom once failed to register his pr... more »esence will offer both of them a chance to put the past to rest.
Emily?s determination to be faithful to Jack?s memory is matched only by Angus?s desire to win her with honor and action. Sent to France on a mission of national security, Angus discovers how deeply Emily has been duped, but the secrets he uncovers lead them both into danger. Can Angus and Emily unmask the real conspirators before they lose everything?
Beverley won the Choc Lit Search for an Australian Star competition with The Reluctant Bride.
Shortlisted for the 2012 Australian Romance Readers Award for her novel Rake's Honour
Finalist in the 2011 Australian Romance Readers Awards for her novel A Little Deception« less