The Unwilling Bride

  She was that woman. She had that love. And starting this moment, this night, she was beginning a life-time sharing the loyalty of that loving bond with the man of her heart.

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  Look for BACHELOR MOTHER

  the next book of Jennifer Greene’s

  The Stanford Sisters series coming to you

  later in 1996 from Silhouette Desire.

  eISBN 978-14592-7875-2

  THE UNWILLING BRIDE

  Copyright © 1996 by Jennifer Greene

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