River Lady — Jude Deveraux

In a chance encounter on Virginia's riverfront, Leah, a beautiful waif, unwittingly captured the one man she had always loved!

Handsome, well-born Wesley, in an unexpected twist of fate, becomes Leah's reluctant husband. Determined to forge a new life in untamed Kentucky, Wesley discovers that the bride he hopes to abandon is passionate, proud and brave -- and may be the woman he cannot live without!