To Catch a Bride — Glenna Finley

In beautiful, sun-drenched San Diego, a lovely young woman is caught up in a tangled web of love and intrigue…

Assignment…. Love

Beautiful young Nicola Warren was amazed when her boss, high-fashion photographer Alex Laird, called from California with orders for her to meet him in San Diego. She'd thought that Juliette Denver, Alex's latest model, would be keeping him so busy he wouldn't need or want his secretary hanging around. Yet Nicola was in for an even bigger surprise when she arrived. With next to no explanation, Alex swept her across the Mexican border for a “marriage of convenience.” Having Nicola for a temporary wife would afford Alex protection, both from the predatory Juliette and as a cover for staying in town to assist the police in cracking an international smuggling ring. But becoming Mrs. Alex Laird opened the way to a new life for Nicola…a life filled with unexpected dangers and the dawning of romance…

Suddenly He Pulled Her Into the Loving Shelter of His Arms
and Nicola felt a languor steal over her body that she'd never known before. He bent down and kissed her thoroughly and possessively on the lips. Then he was kissing the hollow of her throat, while his hands moved over her, gently, surely. And when he started to kiss her again, Nicola's heartbeat thundered like a coastal storm as she felt herself caught up in a happiness beyond all her dreams...