The Bad Man's Bride: Marrying Miss Bright
Forced by lack of money to earn her own living, gently bred  Anthea Bright optimistically leaves Philadelphia and heads for  Haven, TX, to run the local school. Unfortunately, despite her  cheery letters to her sisters, the situation is  appalling physically, educationally, and socially. Then Gabriel  Jackson, the most infamous "bad man" in town, bursts into her  classroom, and suddenly things become a lot more interesting and  a lot more perilous. A dangerously appealing hero, an intrepid,  determined heroine, and a child you want to hug drive the plot  of this well-written Western romance that, although charming and  lighthearted on the surface, also has its darker side,  addressing the issues of jealousy, prejudice, self-esteem, and  social-class bias with sensitivity and skill. This is the first  volume in the "Marrying Miss Bright" series. Law is an  award-winning writer and author of a number of "Historical  Americana" romances (e.g., The Most Wanted Bachelor); she lives  in Hopkins, MN.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.