title: Paradise Pines Book Two: The Marriage Bargain
author: Kirkpatrick, Paisley
description: She wanted independence, not a husband. Jilted twice, Darrah Benjamin journeys west, struggling to heal from her family's betrayal.
  She is outraged when the captain tells her he won't let an unmarried woman travel on his wagon train. Her only option is to enter into a temporary marriage with the man the captain found on the plains and raised as a son.
  He didn't want a wife, temporary or not. If he ever married, Chase would choose his own bride.
  
  As scout, Chase had enough responsibilities protecting the emigrants from the marauding renegades who brazenly attack wagon trains on the westward route. He made up his mind to refuse the obligation Cappy asked of him until he saw her...
  
  Chase challenges Darrah's determination to keep their marriage platonic with a vow - she’ll give him her heart and invite him into her bed before they arrive at their destination.