The Wedding

Only a master could top the stunning success ofFor the Roses,and Julie Garwood has proven once again why she "attracts readers like beautiful heroines attract dashing heroes" (USA Today) with this joyousNew York Times bestseller.Returning to the enchanting world of her classicThe Bride,she brings the soaring adventure, love and rivalry of medieval Scotland to glorious life in a delightful tale her fans will adore.Journeying from England to Scotland to wed a highlander, Lady Brenna had resigned herself to the arranged match. But when a band of fierce, painted warriors captured her en route, she fearlessly met their demand to marry their leader -- the quick-tempered laird Connor MacAlister. She couldn't know that her capture was merely the first act of vengeance against her betrothed, Connor's sworn enemy. Brenna harbored no illusions that her husband was in love with her; after a hasty forest wedding, MacAlister assured her she could return home once she had borne him a son. But she could not deny that she had once proposed to MacAlister -- ten years ago, when she was just a child, and the visitor to her father's castle charmed her with his dazzling, unexpected smile. Now, as she sets out to win the brave chieftain whom she has come to adore, a legacy of revenge ensnares Brenna in a furious clan war -- and only her faith in her gallant hero can save her...

JULIE GARWOOD has enchanted readers since her first novel was published in 1985; today there are more than thirteen million copies of her books in print. Her twelve previous novels include ten New York Times bestsellers: The Bride, Guardian Angel, Honor's Splendour, The Gift, The Prize, The Secret, Castles, Saving Grace, Prince Charming and For the Roses. Ms. Garwood is currently working on her next novel, to be published by Pocket Books.