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Child Bride
CHASE -- The Tall, Tough Renegade She'd Never Escape...
His whip cracked the air like black lightning, and Annie Wells knew she'd finally found the man she's risked her life to locate -- her husband! Chase Beaudine was a modern-day bounty hunter who rode the Wyoming badlands, a lean, hard, dangerous man who swore that her story couldn't be true. He was sure the young girl he'd married during a desperate rescue mission five years before had died in an accident only days later.
A Reluctant Hero
Annie had to make him believe her, make him remember the heaven and hell they'd shared...and make him want her so much he'd help her stay in the States! Stunned by the desire she aroused in him, Chase had to taste Annie's innocent fire, but he never expected to discover an angel gone wild in his arms! Could she persuade her reckless outlaw that he'd captured her spitfire's heart?
His whip cracked the air like black lightning, and Annie Wells knew she'd finally found the man she's risked her life to locate -- her husband! Chase Beaudine was a modern-day bounty hunter who rode the Wyoming badlands, a lean, hard, dangerous man who swore that her story couldn't be true. He was sure the young girl he'd married during a desperate rescue mission five years before had died in an accident only days later.
A Reluctant Hero
Annie had to make him believe her, make him remember the heaven and hell they'd shared...and make him want her so much he'd help her stay in the States! Stunned by the desire she aroused in him, Chase had to taste Annie's innocent fire, but he never expected to discover an angel gone wild in his arms! Could she persuade her reckless outlaw that he'd captured her spitfire's heart?
179 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1992
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About the author
Suzanne Forster
62 books49 followersNew York Times and USA Today best-selling author Suzanne Forster is living proof of William Shakespeare’s maxim that the uses of adversity are sweet. Suzanne’s writing career began by accident. Literally. A car accident ended her dreams for a career in clinical psychology. During her recovery, she began writing to fill the hours, and before she was well enough to return to graduate school, she’d sold her first book and launched a new career.
Since then Suzanne has written more than thirty novels and been the recipient of countless awards, including The National Readers’ Choice Award for Shameless, her mainstream debut. She’s received recognition for outstanding sales from Waldenbooks and Bookrak, and her recent novel, Unfinished Business, was made into a movie for the Oxygen Network.
Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and she teaches and lectures frequently. Her seminars on Women's Contemporary Fiction at UCLA and UC Riverside were rated outstanding, and her most requested workshop, "The High-Concept Synopsis," is based on personal experience. Her breakout novel, Shameless, sold on a synopsis that triggered a bidding war and garnered her a six-figure contract.
Suzanne has received considerable media attention, including a feature segment on Extra, NBC's news and entertainment magazine, and an Emmy Award–winning "Special Report" on CBS Channel 23 News. Her many print appearances include the L.A. Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Redbook and Orange Coast Magazine
Since then Suzanne has written more than thirty novels and been the recipient of countless awards, including The National Readers’ Choice Award for Shameless, her mainstream debut. She’s received recognition for outstanding sales from Waldenbooks and Bookrak, and her recent novel, Unfinished Business, was made into a movie for the Oxygen Network.
Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and she teaches and lectures frequently. Her seminars on Women's Contemporary Fiction at UCLA and UC Riverside were rated outstanding, and her most requested workshop, "The High-Concept Synopsis," is based on personal experience. Her breakout novel, Shameless, sold on a synopsis that triggered a bidding war and garnered her a six-figure contract.
Suzanne has received considerable media attention, including a feature segment on Extra, NBC's news and entertainment magazine, and an Emmy Award–winning "Special Report" on CBS Channel 23 News. Her many print appearances include the L.A. Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Redbook and Orange Coast Magazine
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August 7, 2018
"Child Bride" is the story of Annie and Chase.
Basically our adult hero marries a 16 year old heroine years ago to save her from a fate worse than death and to give her citizenship. But he does it under the delirious influence of fever and somehow erases it from his brain.
Now he's a gunslinger and the heroine re-enters his life, claiming to be his wife and he's like "are you sure" and she's like "yup" and he's like "nah".
This was 300 pages of the hero pushing away, acting like a douche, being insensitive and having a big dick while the heroine acts like a doormat and takes everything because of lurrrveee.
A fatal case of hero worship was this mess.
Unsafe/SWE
1/5
Basically our adult hero marries a 16 year old heroine years ago to save her from a fate worse than death and to give her citizenship. But he does it under the delirious influence of fever and somehow erases it from his brain.
Now he's a gunslinger and the heroine re-enters his life, claiming to be his wife and he's like "are you sure" and she's like "yup" and he's like "nah".
This was 300 pages of the hero pushing away, acting like a douche, being insensitive and having a big dick while the heroine acts like a doormat and takes everything because of lurrrveee.
A fatal case of hero worship was this mess.
Unsafe/SWE
1/5
December 28, 2016
- All good things come to those who wait.
- Machinery can't compete with the human spirit.The Unconquerable Soul. If it weren't for perseverance, the snail wouldn't have made it to the ark.
- Living is like licking honey off a thorn.
- She knew there a time when you had to let go of things beyond your control. Holding on to what was hopeless only compounded the pain for everyone concerned.
- There were people who couldn't love you back, no matter how much you loved them. They were incapable. Some dislocation, some fundamental betrayal of trust, had forced them forever off the path of normal relationships.
- Anything can work if you're willing to fight for it. If you want it badly enough.
- Machinery can't compete with the human spirit.The Unconquerable Soul. If it weren't for perseverance, the snail wouldn't have made it to the ark.
- Living is like licking honey off a thorn.
- She knew there a time when you had to let go of things beyond your control. Holding on to what was hopeless only compounded the pain for everyone concerned.
- There were people who couldn't love you back, no matter how much you loved them. They were incapable. Some dislocation, some fundamental betrayal of trust, had forced them forever off the path of normal relationships.
- Anything can work if you're willing to fight for it. If you want it badly enough.
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August 11, 2012
This was really different and I enjoyed it. Lady goes looking for her husband that she married when she was a very young girl. He was undercover and married her to save her life. Now we go through all that happens to her after they were separated and he loses his memory.
Same story with a different twist. The first in a series of three. Wonder if I can find the other books.
Same story with a different twist. The first in a series of three. Wonder if I can find the other books.
April 23, 2012
I enjoyed the book....fast read.
September 12, 2012
It was a typical love story....kind of frustrating at times because she didn't speak up...enjoyed it, glad they ended up together.
March 17, 2013
I'm actually embarrassed I read this, lol, but it was a daily deal I'd bought a year or so ago. Nice following Defending Jacob.
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