The Wrong Bride (25 page)

“Oh Hugh,” she whispered. “I've loved you longer than I even knew. I was so afraid we could never be together, that I wouldn't let myself believe in our love, nor trust in it. Even now, it still seems almost unreal. But I love you!”

She flung her arms around his neck, and he caught her and rose to his feet, holding her off the ground.

“Of course I'll marry you, Hugh. But remember, though you may have named me your wife, that doesn't excuse you from helping to plan our official wedding.”

He laughed and set her on her feet. “As ye can see from our feast tonight, I'll be good at that.”

“You'll be a most excellent husband, Hugh, and every day I'll thank God that I was the one you kidnapped.”

He grinned, then held her by the hand and led her back into the hall, back into the embrace of their clan.

Dear Reader,

T
hank you so much for reading
The Wrong Bride
, my first foray into books set in Scotland. I hope you enjoyed the story of Riona and Hugh falling in love, even with all their misunderstandings.

And I bet you thought things were pretty settled at the end. Maggie seemed a bit . . . reluctant to marry Owen, the Earl of Aberfoyle, and there's a reason for that. As you'll discover in my next book,
The Groom Wore Plaid
, Maggie and Owen had not parted on good terms when they were teenagers. And now he wants to marry her to end the feud between their clans. She's willing to see if he's changed, even hopeful that they can forge a life together that's more than just an arranged marriage. But then she has a dream of Owen terribly injured on their wedding day. She vows that they will not marry if it means his death. Owen, of course, has other plans, and sets about convincing her . . .

If you'd like to read an excerpt of
The Groom Wore Plaid
, please visit my website at
www.GayleCallen.com.
Look for the book in your favorite bookstore in March 2016.

Happy Reading!

Gayle
                 

After a detour through fitness instructing and computer programming,
GAYLE CALLEN
found the life she'd always dreamed of as a romance writer. This
USA
Today
bestselling author has written more than twenty historical romances for Avon Books, and her novels have won the Holt Medallion, the Laurel Wreath Award, the Booksellers' Best Award, and been translated into eleven different languages. The mother of three grown children, an avid crafter, singer, and outdoor enthusiast, Gayle lives in Central New York with her dog, Uma, and her husband, Jim the Romance Hero. She also writes contemporary romances as Emma Cane.

Visit her website at www.gaylecallen.com.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE WRONG BRIDE.
Copyright © 2015 by Gayle Kloecker Callen. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition November 2015 ISBN: 9780062267993

Print Edition ISBN: 9780062267986

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