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Canadian Mounties #3
Protecting Virginia
When Virginia is jilted at the altar, her former fiancé’s brother Zack, a rugged Mountie, proposes a marriage of convenience.
For Mountie Inspector Zack Bullock, marrying his brother’s cast-off bride would fulfill his family obligations. Zack could marry Dr. Virginia Waters and not get emotionally involved. Their marriage would have other benefits. He could continue his risky work as a detective, and she could blossom in her role as a new doctor. However, the awkward girl that Zack recalls has grown into a stunning, desirable woman and he finds himself emotionally entangled.
Virginia survived the shame of a first botched wedding. Now she has to survive the humiliation of knowing that Zack is marrying her only because of his sense of duty. But when dangerous criminals put her safety in jeopardy, Zack wonders if the marriage will ever happen. He does everything he can to guard Virginia, and protect himself from his growing feelings of love. (A steamy western love story.)
Originally published as The Engagement in 2004 by Harlequin Historicals. The book rights have reverted back to the author.
For Mountie Inspector Zack Bullock, marrying his brother’s cast-off bride would fulfill his family obligations. Zack could marry Dr. Virginia Waters and not get emotionally involved. Their marriage would have other benefits. He could continue his risky work as a detective, and she could blossom in her role as a new doctor. However, the awkward girl that Zack recalls has grown into a stunning, desirable woman and he finds himself emotionally entangled.
Virginia survived the shame of a first botched wedding. Now she has to survive the humiliation of knowing that Zack is marrying her only because of his sense of duty. But when dangerous criminals put her safety in jeopardy, Zack wonders if the marriage will ever happen. He does everything he can to guard Virginia, and protect himself from his growing feelings of love. (A steamy western love story.)
Originally published as The Engagement in 2004 by Harlequin Historicals. The book rights have reverted back to the author.
275 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2004
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Kate Bridges
62 books65 followersUSA TODAY bestselling and award winning author Kate Bridges loves writing western historical romance and YA fiction. For research, she loves to travel to such faraway places as the Yukon, the Rocky Mountains, and London, England. Published worldwide, she’s been honored with Reviewers’ Choice awards and Top Picks on reader websites. When she’s away from her computer, you might find Kate with her family, canoeing the lakes or hiking the trails in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
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April 5, 2016
Esta novela me la encontré por casualidad y no estaba segura de que fuese a leerla porque la portada no me gustaba nada, aunque la sinopsis era atrayente.
Es una novela un tanto corta pero la verdad es que estuvo mejor de lo que me esperaba. Es sencilla, con momentos bonitos y tiernos y entretiene. Iba con las expectativas muy bajas y tal vez eso hizo que me gustase bastante, pero es una historia romántica que está bastante bien para pasar un rato.
Es una novela un tanto corta pero la verdad es que estuvo mejor de lo que me esperaba. Es sencilla, con momentos bonitos y tiernos y entretiene. Iba con las expectativas muy bajas y tal vez eso hizo que me gustase bastante, pero es una historia romántica que está bastante bien para pasar un rato.
April 29, 2022
Good story that I finished fairly quickly for me these days. More in a review soon. TBR Challenge for April which was Location, Location, Location.
February 16, 2019
This book got panned in a lot of reviews, and I thought that was harsh. It wasn’t the best story Bridges has written but it wasn’t the worst either.
September 18, 2014
I've read this book more than 15 times.
September 23, 2017
Leído en septiembre 2010
Es una historia entretenida, sencilla y se lee rápido por que no es muy larga!!
Es una historia entretenida, sencilla y se lee rápido por que no es muy larga!!
May 17, 2023
This was an all right book. I didn't love it and I didn't hate it. I liked the characters well enough and the story was okay, but it didn't captivate me like I'd hoped it would.
Zack Bullock is a sharpshooter with the Canadian Mounties. He's going to marry the woman his brother jilted for another woman and with whom his brother had been promising to marry for six years. Everything is set until the train he's on is ambushed and he's shot.
Virginia Waters is practicing medicine with her uncle in Calgary and is set to marry Zack until he calls it off. Both brothers dumped her. She grew up with them and their parents had paid for her to go to medical school. Now she is not only jilted twice, she needs to pay back their parents. Such a quandary.
Zack and the other Mounties are hot on the trail of the Stiller Gang and they've threatened both him and Virginia and even made some attempts on their lives. That made Zack even more protective, even if he's already broken off their engagement.
There is a lot of attraction between Virginia and Zack and the love scenes were sizzling. The reader knew they were in love before they did, which is something I do like. As the story neared the end, I wanted them to get their happily ever after. I knew they would, but how they got it made me smile.
As I said, this isn't a bad book. I just wasn't drawn into the story like I wanted to be.
Zack Bullock is a sharpshooter with the Canadian Mounties. He's going to marry the woman his brother jilted for another woman and with whom his brother had been promising to marry for six years. Everything is set until the train he's on is ambushed and he's shot.
Virginia Waters is practicing medicine with her uncle in Calgary and is set to marry Zack until he calls it off. Both brothers dumped her. She grew up with them and their parents had paid for her to go to medical school. Now she is not only jilted twice, she needs to pay back their parents. Such a quandary.
Zack and the other Mounties are hot on the trail of the Stiller Gang and they've threatened both him and Virginia and even made some attempts on their lives. That made Zack even more protective, even if he's already broken off their engagement.
There is a lot of attraction between Virginia and Zack and the love scenes were sizzling. The reader knew they were in love before they did, which is something I do like. As the story neared the end, I wanted them to get their happily ever after. I knew they would, but how they got it made me smile.
As I said, this isn't a bad book. I just wasn't drawn into the story like I wanted to be.
August 22, 2011
This was another good read by Kate Bridges. I'm enjoying here Mounties series & I'm ready to move on to the next one.
October 13, 2011
Found this in a box of garage sale books I bought. Haven't read Harlequin in a long, long time, but thought I'd try it for a quick read.
May 21, 2012
Barely finished this. THe author got worse with each consecutive book, and I'm outa stars, so I give up on this series ^^;;
November 14, 2014
An entertaining Canadian Mounties novel. You laugh, you cry. It has just enough romance.
August 15, 2015
Me encanto esta historia es maravillosa y la forma en la que escribe la autora es unica te hace pasar por mil emociones. 100% Recomendable y la escritora se ha convertido en una de mis favoritas.
November 20, 2016
Barely finished this. THe author got worse with each consecutive book, and I'm outa stars, so I give up on this series ^^;;
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