Bride's Lace — Violet Winspear

Forced to marry the one man she hated!

Two years ago, Paris Apollonaris had taken Bliss St. Cyr's ancestral home, Cathlamet, when her father couldn't pay his gambling debts. Paris had proposed to her then, either to soothe his guilty conscience or because he wanted Bliss's family connections-she'd been too proud to submit, whatever his motives may have been.

Now her foolish brother had been caught embezzling from Paris's casino, where he worked. It was Paris's trump card--and he played it well.

"I'm willing to let your brother go free, " he told Bliss, as soon as you and I are married...."

Hero: Paris Apollonaris
Heroine: Bliss St. Cyr