The Midnight Rider Takes A Bride

The Midnight Rider Takes A Bride
Christine Rimmer

DO YOU… HAVE TO GET MARRIED, ADORA BEAUDINE?That's what all the town gossips were asking - and what else could she expect? Ladylike Adora was supposed to settle down to a life of solid respectability, and instead she was about to say "I do" to a motorcycle-riding outlaw named Jed Ryder. What, everyone wondered, had gotten into her? What indeed?She told herself she was marrying Jed so he could get custody of his little sister. For the child's sake, she insisted, she was about to give up every shred of her respectable reputation. It had nothing to do with the un respectable way she felt when he swept her into his arms… .

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This Is Insane...I Can’t Marry Wild Jed Ryder,

Adora Beaudine thought. Until forty-eight hours ago, I hardly knew the man. And he’s nothing like my dreams of who I’d marry....

But if she didn’t marry him, he’d lose custody of his little sister. And Adora really did believe that would be wrong. So very wrong.

Jed seemed to read her indecision in her eyes. “Never mind. It’s a bad idea. Forget it.”

“No.” She went to him, in the shadows, lifting a hand and clasping his shoulder. She felt like a child on a dare, holding her palm over a flame. She would be burned—and yet nothing seemed so urgent as that she not let go....

Dear Reader,

LET’S CELEBRATE FIFTEEN YEARS

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with some of your favorite authors and new stars of tomorrow.

For the next three months, we present a spectacular lineup

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In October, Diana Palmer returns to Desire with

The Patient Nurse, which features an unforgettable hero.

Next month, Ann Major continues her bestselling CHILDREN

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Dixie Browning brings us her special brand of romantic

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The Midnight Rider Takes A Bride

Christine Rimmer

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CHRISTINE RIMMER

is a third-generation Californian who came to her profession the long way around. Before settling down to write about the magic of romance, she’d been an actress, a salesclerk, a janitor, a model, a phone sales representative, a teacher, a waitress, a playwright and an office manager. Now that she’s finally found work that suits her perfectly, she insists she never had a problem keeping a job—she was merely gaining “life experience” for her future as a novelist. Those who know her best withhold comment when she makes such claims; they are grateful that she’s at last found steady work. Christine is grateful, too—not only for the joy she finds in writing, but for what waits when the day’s work is through: a man she loves who loves her right back and the privilege of watching their children grow and change day to day.

THANKS...

To everyone at the Child Protective Services offices in

both Sierra and Plumas Counties, as well as to

Dan Geffner, Deputy Public Defender in Nevada County.