The Wilderness Bride

She came to the forest to die. His solitary life is the only thing that brings him peace. 1894. Lisa Foxhorn has nothing left. Rejected and humiliated by wealthy Eastern society over an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, the grieving heiress surrenders her baby for adoption and flees to the Oregon coast to end it all. But when her suicide attempt fails, she's stunned to be taken in by a brooding man whose wild appearance is contradicted by his compassionate touch. Ashley Carver has chosen isolation. Yet he can't turn away from the frail redheaded beauty he finds above the oceanside cliffs. And though the routine-loving recluse avoids all close relationships, his emotional walls waver when a traveling preacher makes assumptions about their situation and demands they marry. Struggling to keep up the lies that conceal her tainted past, Lisa wonders if consummating their union could heal her raw wounds, specifically the need for...