Lucas's Lady

Lucas Ryan has a problem The rustling and land-grabbing on his ranch has been going on far too long and he's been assured it'll stop just as soon as he marries and produces an heir. So he's sent off for a mail-order bride who won't ask questions and wants a baby as much as he does. There. Problem solved. He just didn't count on falling in love with the woman. Shannon Montgomery never thought she'd be a bride She's spent her life being told she's undesirable, thanks to the large birthmark on her face. Becoming a mail-order bride to a man who has never seen her seemed the ideal answer, but she's eaten up with guilt for not confessing her imperfection to him ahead of time. Because in all her daydreaming about one day having children to dote on, she definitely didn't count on giving her heart to her husband quite so quickly! And now they're out of luck Lucas's problem doesn't go away with his marriage; if anything, it gets worse.Now Shannon is in danger too, and the gunslinger Lucas hired to protect her is hiding terrible secrets of his own. Although Lucas is falling for his wife and becoming desperate to protect her, these revealed secrets call him to face his past and question everything he thought he knew. How can he give his heart when nothing is as it seems?