The Bridal Contract by Susan Fox ... QC #73

4 Stars! ~~~ This is a lovely story of a heart so broken and long buried in despair, that another day is almost unbearable.

The Bridal Contract by Susan Fox

Harlequin Romance # 3974 – September 2007

Western Weddings theme

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Her horse fidgeted, but Fay Sheridan was in no hurray to find shelter, in fact the electricity in the air was welcome. Fay had hit rock bottom and she just didn’t care if lightening struck her. From his pickup, Chase Rafferty watched his neighbour recklessly watch the coming storm; it was suicidal. And as the first and then second flash of lightening and the thunderous boom set her horse into motion, he watched as the horse stumbled and then rose without it’s rider. The last person Fay wanted help from was Chase, and yet he kept poking his nose in her business. Fay had lost her sparkle, the death of first her parents and a then last year her twin brothers, had left her with nothing, except for the ranch. Fay thinks Chase is bluffing her when he proposes a business marriage, and knowing that she needs to shake up her life, she calls the bluff and finds herself whisked off to Vegas.

This is such a moving love story. Chase doesn’t understand why he needs to make Fay sparkle again; he just knows he has to. After losing everyone she’s ever loved, Fay knows she can’t ever risk her heart again. This is a lovely story of a heart so broken and long buried in despair, that another day is almost unbearable. The steadfastness of a good man and the memory he has of the vivacious woman she used to be, wakens her heart and she finds hope. Their journey is a poignant one; one that touches the heart.

Excellence: Very Good ~ Steaminess: Romantic

My Totals = 27 ~ Harlequin Imprint = 27 ~ Other Publisher = 0

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