The Disobedient Bride — Joan Johnston

MR. JULY

HEARTLESS HUSBAND?: Texas rancher Zach Whitelaw advertised for a wife to bear his children -- but if she wasn't pregnant in a year's time, he'd divorce her.

DISOBEDIENT BRIDE?: Six months into their marriage, Rebecca Littlewolf Whitelaw's tummy was as flat as it was on her wedding day.

EXPECTED BABY?: Short of stuffing a pillow under her shirt, what was a wife in love supposed to do?

Zach had dreamed of four little Whitelaws running around Hawk's Pride ranch. But no matter how many long, lazy hours he and his bride spent in their marriage bed, no matter how much hoping he did, there was still no baby. And no baby meant no Rebecca, right?