A plain bride with a fearless heart. A rugged logger who wants more than beauty. And a wedding night prank that turns dangerous before love has a chance to begin.
Maeve Harrison never came to Sawyerville expecting to be admired.
Tall, pale, sharp-tongued, and plain by every cruel measure, Maeve knows she is not the kind of woman most men dream of marrying. But after years of hard work on a struggling New Hampshire farm and long days in a noisy fabric mill, she wants what every mail-order bride hopes for?a home, a family, and a husband who values more than a pretty face.
Red Lyon is one of Sawyerville's strongest loggers, a red-haired faller with a cabin of his own and little interest in delicate, helpless women. Maeve's blunt ways, steady courage, and no-nonsense heart surprise him from the start. She can handle a shotgun, speak her mind, and stand her ground against any man in camp?and Red soon realizes she may be exactly the wife he never knew he needed.
But not everyone in Sawyerville is pleased to see Red marry a woman like Maeve.
When a cruel shivaree turns into something far more dangerous, Maeve is dragged into the dark Oregon forest by men determined to prove she does not belong. Now Red must decide what kind of husband he truly means to be?and Maeve must learn whether the man she married sees her as a burden, a bargain, or the woman worth fighting for.
In the rough logging town of Sawyerville, one unlikely bride is about to discover that true love is not always pretty?but it can be strong enough to come after her in the dark.
