num_pages: 289
description: Mildly sensual Some profanity historical 65000 words. Hope Montoya knows someone is poisoning her but who? She suspects her mother was also poisoned and knows her father was murdered. Who wants her family eliminated? She vows to fight! She realizes she wont last the eight months until she turns twenty-five and her uncle no longer controls her or her estate. Never will she be dominated by a man as she was by her father as she has seen her mother and grandmothers dominated. If she marries she gains control now but only if she weds a man she can trust. Only one man meets her requirements. Can she trust him to protect her and capture the killer...but then to leave?Micah Stone has been in love with Hope since the first time he saw her. But he was accused of her fathers murder and surely would have hung if not for his two brothers aid. Most in the community still believe him guilty. But the drought has him too worried about water for his dying cattle to care about his neighbors opinions. When Hope proposes a paper marriage in exchange for land on the Brazos River and much needed cash her offer rubs his pride raw. His name may be Stone but hes not made of it. He cant refuse her for long and so their adventure begins.
language: English
title: Brazos Bride
publisher: Caroline Clemmons