Title: Runaway Brides
Description: Three brides must overcome obstacles in their families, circles of friends, or in their relationships in order to have successful marriages in Debbie Macomber's ""Yesterday Once More,"" ""Full Circle"" by Paula Detmer Riggs, and Annette Broadrick's ""That's What Friends Are For."

"Yesterday Once More" - DEBBIE MACOMBER

Potential Spouses: Julie Houser and Daniel Van Deen

Major Obstacle: The groom's mother, who thinks nobody's
good enough for her son!

Second Chance? Possible, thanks to that very same mother,
if she realized that Julie and Daniel belong together at last...

"Full Circle" - PAULA DETMER RIGGS

Potential Spouses: Jillian Anderson and Trevor Markus

Major Obstacle: One of the principals is late for the
wedding -- by about fifteen years!

Second Chance? Possible, thanks to a fourteen-year-old
wedding gift that the groom knew nothing about...

"That's What Friends Are for" - ANNETTE BROADRICK

Potential Spouses: Penny Blackwell and Brad Crawford

Major Obstacle: The bride's about to walk down the aisle --
with someone else!

Second Chance? Possible, if Brad can convince Penny to
run away from her fiance... and toward him!
Subjects: Anthology, Contemporary, Brides, Short Stories, Fiction, romance, general