title: The Bride of the Delta Queen
author: Dailey, Janet
description: The lady was not for sale
  
  Selena Merrick anticipated having a pleasant vacation in New Orleans. She was even lighthearted enough to joke with a group of conventioneers who mistakenly thought she was a lady of the night.
  
  Chance Barkley, however, overhearing Selena foolish words about the fees she supposedly charged, took them seriously and insisted or hiring her services. Selena managed to escape him, but when they met again on board a Mississippi steamboat she knew her luck had run out...
  
  Hero: Chance Barkley
  Heroine: Selena Merrick