May The Best Man Wed

May The Best Man Wed
Darlene Scalera

Savannah Sweetfield's To-Do List:1. Finish planning perfect wedding2. Find the groom3. Ignore shocking attraction to best manThe church was booked, the flowers arranged–and the groom was AWOL! Finding her fiance was one more item on no-nonsense Savannah Sweetfield's to-do list. Entertaining the best man–her fiance's roguish brother–was not!Cash Walker radiated a heat that burned up Savannah's cool control. He was arrogant, insufferable–and totally irresistible. As the clock ticked down the days to her wedding, it was Cash who stayed by her side, strong and true. Against all logic and the order she held dear, Savannah found herself falling for a white knight in black-sheep's clothing–a man who would never betray his missing brother….

“You don’t think I love your brother, do you?”

Savannah asked, Cash’s smile aggravating her.

“You must know by now that what I think is of little importance in this family.”

“Well, I’d like to know what you think.”

“People in love are always fools.” Cash’s amusement was gone, leaving a darkness on his features. A darkness that encouraged the doubts Savannah had been battling since her fiancé ran off. “Do you love my brother?”

She looked into his eyes. “I may not be a woman of passions—”

“On the contrary, Ms. Sweetfield. I think you are exactly that.”

Dear Reader,

Welcome to another wonderful month at Harlequin American Romance. You’ll notice our covers have a brand-new look, but rest assured that we still have the editorial you know and love just inside.

What a lineup we have for you, as reader favorite Muriel Jensen helps us celebrate our 20th Anniversary with her latest release. That Summer in Maine is a beautiful tale of a woman who gets an unexpected second chance at love and family with the last man she imagines. And author Sharon Swan pens the fourth title in our ongoing series MILLIONAIRE, MONTANA. You won’t believe what motivates ever-feuding neighbors Dev and Amanda to take a hasty trip to the altar in Four-Karat Fiancée.

Speaking of weddings, we have two other tales of marriage this month. Darlene Scalera pens the story of a jilted bride on the hunt for her disappearing groom in May the Best Man Wed. (Hint: the bride may just be falling for her husband-to-be’s brother.) Dianne Castell’s High-Tide Bride has a runaway bride hiding out in a small town where her attraction to the local sheriff is rising just as fast as the flooding river.

So sit back and enjoy our lovely new look and the always-quality novels we have to offer you this—and every—month at Harlequin American Romance.

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Harlequin American Romance

May the Best Man Wed

Darlene Scalera

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

To the Sisters of the Lake who, when the ship was sinking, threw me a lifeline.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Darlene Scalera is a native New Yorker who graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University with a degree in public communications. She worked in a variety of fields, including telecommunications and public relations, before devoting herself full-time to romance fiction writing. She was instrumental in forming the Saratoga, New York, chapter of Romance Writers of America and is a frequent speaker on romance writing at local schools, libraries, writing groups and women’s organizations. She currently lives happily ever after in upstate New York with her husband, Jim, and their two children, J.J. and Ariana. You can write to Darlene at P.O. Box 217, Niverville, NY 12130.

Books by Darlene Scalera

HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE

762—A MAN FOR MEGAN

807—A MAN IN A MILLION

819—THE COWBOY AND THE COUNTESS

861—PRESCRIPTION FOR SEDUCTION

896—BORN OF THE BLUEGRASS

923—HELP WANTED: HUSBAND?

967—MAY THE BEST MAN WED

Contents

Chapter One (#ud9269973-601c-5834-9f83-88167067515a)

Chapter Two (#u8224bd45-bdf2-5399-b601-bc94d2c873ca)

Chapter Three (#ufd4ee933-16fd-5f78-8529-89031bc84c05)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One

All of Atlanta slept except Savannah Sweetfield. Her feet, resplendent in open-toed Pradas, shoes being her one frivolous passion, click-clicked across the concrete. Her thoughts spoken into the microcassette recorder in her right fist held the same peal of purpose.