Sharisse’s mother passed away, and now her father is very insistent on whom she is to marry, his friend’s son, an alliance he desires more than anything.

Sharisse Hammond, living in New York City, is the oldest of her fathers two daughters. There are secrets he has kept from Sharisse, that could ruin what they have discovered together. Yet he finds himself so tempted to join himself to the one woman that can free him from all the bitterness in his heart. But he has told her that there will be a time before he will marry her so they can get to know one another, however he has no plan to truly marry her. So when he sends for a mail order bride, he hardly expected for her to be so beautiful, spirited and passionate. Lucas Holt, a twin, has a plan for revenge, but in order to do so, he must find a wife, any wife. But Sharisse learns an aching passion in Lucas’s arms, that she never expected to find, and wonders that when the truth comes about who she really is, will she lose him or find such a exquisite love. However she never expected how hard life could be out west with a man, never realizing, that really never had any intention of marrying her. So Sharisse decides to let her sister persuade her to go all the way to Arizona to marry a man she doesn’t know, but would rather go out west, than marry someone that her father planned for her. Once Sharisse learns of this, she learns that her sister has been corresponding with a man in Arizona who is looking for a wife as a mail order bride.

Sharisse Hammond, an american heiress, is engaged to a man that she doesn’t love, and feels trapped with no way out, not realizing at first that it is her younger sister that is in love with her fiancee. And freedom-loving Sharisse never dreamed she could ever desire one man so much! For Lucas's beautiful, unsuspecting pawn was not supposed to be so irresistible alluring. However, their separate schemes to use one another are complicated by raw, aching passion. And this gullible Eastern lady would do quite nicely. So she heads west across a vast and dangerous land - with no intention of honoring her agreement to become the mail-order bride of a rugged Arizona rancher.īut Lucas Holt needs a wife - any wife - if his plan to destroy his most hated enemy is to succeed. Headstrong heiress Sharisse Hammond wants no part of the New York society marriage that has been arranged for her. Genres: Historical Romance, American West

Tender Is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey