Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor
Donna Clayton

DO YOU OWE ME, GAGE DALTON?His answer, like his vow during their ^unceremonious nuptials afterward, had been, "I do." Before each other, they'd promised to love and honor, but unspoken was their own pledge. For Jenna Butler had saved this stranger's life, which bound him to return the favor.And only marriage to a Lenape would grant her custody of her sister's baby..So Jenna moved into Gage's ranch house…but not Gage's bed. A virgin, she'd entered their union without expectations, but breathlessly expectant. Though her hard-bitten husband honored her, he seemed to need the tender loving only a wife could offer. What could be the harm? After all, they had to keep up appearances…

“You owe me for saving your life.

You told me so yourself. You called it something. A life present?”

Gage hadn’t forgotten. The debt he owed Jenna had weighed heavily on his mind over the past weeks. He had every intention of returning the favor. Somehow. Someway. If he did not, he would suffer for all eternity, for his soul would not be permitted to cross over to the other side. However, he refused to believe that the gift would take the form of a wedding band.

“Life Gift,” he corrected. “But you can’t expect me to marry you.”

“Do you owe me, Gage Dalton?”

Chagrin shot through him, and he knew she sensed it. And it only made her doggedness all the stronger.

“Are you going to pay your debt…or aren’t you?”

Jenna Butler had him backed into a corner, and there wasn’t a thing he could do about it.

Dear Reader,

What is the best gift you ever received? Chances are it came from a loved one and reflects to some degree the love you share. Or maybe the gift was something like a cruise or a trip to an exotic locale that raised the hope of finding romance and lasting love. Well, it’s no different for this month’s heroes and heroines, who will all receive special gifts that extend beyond the holiday season to provide a lifetime of happiness.

Karen Rose Smith starts off this month’s offerings with Twelfth Night Proposal (#1794)—the final installment in the SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE continuity. Set during the holidays, the hero’s love enables the plain-Jane heroine to become the glowing beauty she was always meant to be. In The Dating Game (#1795) by Shirley Jump, a package delivered to the wrong address lands the heroine on a reality dating show. Julianna Morris writes a memorable romance with Meet Me under the Mistletoe (#1796), in which the heroine ends up giving a widower the son he “lost” when his mother died. Finally, in Donna Clayton’s stirring romance Bound by Honor (#1797), the heroine receives a “life present” when she saves the Native American hero’s life.

When you’re drawing up your New Year’s resolutions, be sure to put reading Silhouette Romance right at the top. After all, it’s the love these heroines discover that reminds us all of what truly matters most in life.

With all best wishes for the holidays and a happy and healthy 2006.

Ann Leslie Tuttle

Associate Senior Editor

Bound by Honor

Donna Clayton

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

Books by Donna Clayton

Silhouette Romance

Mountain Laurel #720

Taking Love in Stride #781

Return of the Runaway Bride #999

Wife for a While #1039

Nanny and the Professor #1066

Fortune’s Bride #1118

Daddy Down the Aisle #1162

* (#litres_trial_promo)Miss Maxwell Becomes a Mom #1211

* (#litres_trial_promo)Nanny in the Nick of Time #1217

* (#litres_trial_promo)Beauty and the Bachelor Dad #1223

† (#litres_trial_promo)The Stand-By Significant Other #1284

† (#litres_trial_promo)Who’s the Father of Jenny’s Baby? #1302

The Boss and the Beauty #1342

His Ten-Year-Old Secret #1373

Her Dream Come True #1399

Adopted Dad #1417

His Wild Young Bride #1441

** (#litres_trial_promo)The Nanny Proposal #1477

** (#litres_trial_promo)The Doctor’s Medicine Woman #1483

** (#litres_trial_promo)Rachel and the M.D. #1489

Who Will Father My Baby? #1507

In Pursuit of a Princess #1582

†† (#litres_trial_promo)The Sheriff’s 6-Year-Old Secret #1623

†† (#litres_trial_promo)The Doctor’s Pregnant Proposal #1635

†† (#litres_trial_promo)Thunder in the Night #1647

The Nanny’s Plan #1701

Because of Baby #1723

Bound by Honor #1737