Love is the Answer // Bride for a Day — Abby Gray

WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU

If there were ever a damsel in distress, Cassie O'Malley qualified. And she certainly was grateful to the handsome farmer for pretending to be her fiance, keeping the sheriff at bay. But when the ruse went too far and Cassie found herself standing next to a stranger saying "I do," she wondered if she'd just been rescued or captured.

Ted Wellman was a man who usually kept to himself. In fact, all the women in his hometown had given up on winning him -- good looks, money, and all. But when Cassandra settled her green eyes on him, desperate and pleading for help, Ted was moved to aid her, and he brought Cassie home to Oklahoma.

Rather than hurrying to get him unhitched, his crazy family seemed determined to keep him and Cassie together. The Wellmans weren't usually such schemers, but from the moment they met Cassie and saw the sparkle in Ted's eyes, they knew they had to do something. Delaying an annulment was an innocent enough ploy, and if there was a chance of thawing Ted's heart once and for all, they were willing to bend the truth and gamble on the healing power of love.