The Engagement // Protecting Virginia — Kate Bridges

It was a humiliation no bride should bear, but Dr. Virginia Waters had survived it. Now she anxiously awaited her wedding to Zack Bullock, brother of her former fiance. But could this renowned and rugged Mountie make her forget her girlhood crush -- and find her womanhood in his arms?

Inspector Zach Bullock vowed to do the honorable thing and take Virginia Waters to wife. Marrying his brother's cast-off bride would neatly serve family obligations with no emotional upheaval for anyone. But the gangly girl he remembered from childhood had blossomed into a stunning, exemplary woman, one he desired more than anything -- and a looming danger threatened to keep them apart forever!