The Wedding Journey — Carla Kelly

Luck Follows Love

Captain Jesse Randall has never expressed his intense love for Nell Mason -- not even as she blossoms into glorious womanhood before his eves. Her beauty is a treasure as rare and welcome as roses in January. But if Jesse were to tell her at long last that she means the world to him would she believe him?

Nell's father is going to marry her to his creditor to settle his ruinous finances. To prevent that, Jesse weds Nell to provide her with his protection for as long as she wants it never imagining that she could ever return his love. But Nell has much to show her new husband about life, women -- and love....

Reissue 5-14-24 with this blurb:
Captain Jesse Randall's marriage to the beautiful Nell is purely for her safety. Or, so the captain wants his bride to think, even though both man and wife have deep affection for each other. But what does one do when he's already married?