title: The Marriage Merger
author: Finley, Glenna
description: On a romantic cruise to the exotic Far East, a beautiful bride stumbles into deadly intrigue…
  
  The Business Bride
  
  Mrs. Julie Holdridge …. It should have been the happiest day of her life. But the marriage ceremony had been a mockery, just her handsome boss's way of placating Julie's grandfather so he would allow her to go along as Robert's assistant on an important business trip to the Far East. Robert had made Julie and offer she couldn't refuse … marry him temporarily or lose her job and be blacklisted in the travel industry. And since she was madly in love with Robert and had once believed he felt the same way about her, Julie agreed, hoping the long ocean cruise to such romantically exotic islands as Bali and Sumatra might chance Robert's feelings about their mock marriage. But how could Julie anticipate that one of their fellow passengers would be a former and very voluptuous girlfriend of Robert's? And how could she know of the danger she was sailing into … a menace that could end more than just Julie's hopes for future happiness…?
  
  She Was Wearing a Froth of Lace and Satin...
  and his gaze seemed searing as it went deliberately over the deep decolletage of her bodice, lingering on her creamy skin, and then came slowly back to her face. He bent to her abruptly, parting her lips with a hard kiss that demanded and then possessed in turn. Julie could do nothing but surrender to the seeking caresses of his hands and mouth, as his lips blazed a trail downward on her delicate skin. There was not even time to feel nervous or embarrassed at her own uninhibited response. For this was where she'd wanted to be all along--clasped tight in his arms with his lips moving on hers...
  