Book request: Woman escapes abductors in mountains by throwing boiling water on face. Woman then finds man and dog at cabin. He thinks she was sent by his aunt. She stays with him at the cabin, he catches one of her captures and they return to city. He is wealthy business owner; alpha male that basically tells her they will be together. Part of the plot is that she ends a relationship with another man who was encouraged to date her by her brother. She pushed another woman into a pond during engagement party. Woman has a grumpy pet bird and described as not thin. She is a romantic that wants to be courted. Thinking time range is 1980s/early 1990s.

Matching book description: When Phoebe arrives quite by accident at the doorstep of Harlan's mountain cabin, he is less than pleased. Convinced that she has been sent by his matchmaking aunt, Harlan would gladly throw Phoebe out, but she's in trouble. So grudging host and grudging guest will have to make the best of things. . . . When Phoebe arrives quite by accident at the doorstep of Harlan's mountain cabin, he is less than pleased. Convinced that she has been sent by his matchmaking aunt, Harlan would gladly throw Phoebe out, but she's in trouble. So grudging host and grudging guest will have to make the best of things. . . . ...more