The Widow's Ransom Author:Mallary Mitchell He took a hostage, but got a wife. — Abigail Hoffs philandering husband was supposed to manage her fathers new bank but he got himself killed on the way. She knows her father will insist she return home when he discovers shes been widowed. — River Kirby is desperate to save his farm so he kidnaps the bankers widow. Abigail, however, has another pl... more »an, one that will keep her in Kentucky and him out of jail. She hires him to pose as her husband.« less