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The Wedding Ring #2
Marrying Jake
The Wedding Ring
The rogue had met his match….
HE COULD NEVER BE A HUSBAND
Policeman Jake Wallace had a jaded heart--and he'd vowed no woman would snag it. Then he began the kidnapping investigation--and met Katya Essler, a gentle beauty who awakened his lonely soul....
SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A WIFE
Raising four children alone, Katya yearned for a man's heated touch...for this rugged outsider whose gaze promised wicked pleasures. Helplessly, Katya was swept into Jake's world, where rules--like hearts--were recklessly broken.
The Wedding Ring.
Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"
The rogue had met his match….
HE COULD NEVER BE A HUSBAND
Policeman Jake Wallace had a jaded heart--and he'd vowed no woman would snag it. Then he began the kidnapping investigation--and met Katya Essler, a gentle beauty who awakened his lonely soul....
SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A WIFE
Raising four children alone, Katya yearned for a man's heated touch...for this rugged outsider whose gaze promised wicked pleasures. Helplessly, Katya was swept into Jake's world, where rules--like hearts--were recklessly broken.
The Wedding Ring.
Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"
- GenresRomance
48 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1997
18 people want to read
About the author
Beverly Bird
49 books21 followersBeverly confesses to having been the prototype of the rebellious teenager. By the age of five — when she tried to rewrite the ending to The Wizard of Oz because it scared her — she knew she would be a writer.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
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June 9, 2018
This is the story of Adam's brother; the cop, the investigator who doesn't stop and whose abusive childhood makes him a love-em and leave'em type. The hero is shocked to learn that his brother Adam has left everything he knew to marry Mariah and start living in a Amish settlement. Jake cannot swallow the change in his brother and doesn't intend to be around but Adam dangles the hanging thread from the first book; children from the settlement are disappearing and Jake cannot stay away from that. The heroine of this book is also someone we met in the first book: Mariah's friend Katya, who is a mother of four and who ran away from her abusive husband. Katya's life is hell and all her dreams are over because the world she grew up in doesn't allow divorce even if your husband beat you and her kids; she also feels worthless and helpless because she can't support herself and her kids and has to rely on Mariah and Adam. Honestly, I wasn't sure how this coupling would work but I felt the author handled it all really well. Katya is someone whom their lifestyle failed and she didn't really have any faith left but saw no way of changing her circumstance but together these two helped each other. Jake made her see that being loud and angry didn't mean a man would hit her, made her see and start believing her worth while she too helped Jake heal in many ways. I am really loving this series. I liked their HEA; it was suited to them both and loved seeing the heroine stand on her own.
November 1, 2012
A man carrying guilt and afraid to love, a woman who is lost and doesn't fit into her world. They struggle to find themselves, and recognize what they really need and want. Lovely story that shows you a completely different view of the world and the people in it.
February 27, 2015
Wonderful book.
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