title: Marrying Jake
author: Bird, Beverly
description: HE COULD NEVER BE A HUSBAND
  Policeman Jake Wallace had a jaded heart--and he'd vowed no woman would snag it. Then he began the kidnapping investigation--and met Katya Essler, a gentle beauty who awakened his lonely soul ....
  
  SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A WIFE
  Raising four children alone, Katya yearned for a man's heated touch ...for this rugged outsider whose gaze promised wicked pleasures. Helplessly, Katya was swept into Jake's world, where rules--like hearts--were recklessly broken.
  
  THE WEDDING RING
  Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"