High-Tide Bride (Harlequin American Romance, No 968) [Mass Market Paperback]

Dianne Castell (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037316968X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373169689
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,744,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award winning author, Dianne Castell, writes for Harlequin and Kensington. Her books have won Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, been on the cover of Romantic Times Magazine and made the Waldenbooks Bestseller list.
Dianne lives in Cincinnati with her husband, four kids and two cats and will do just about anything besides housework.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lighthearted, amusing romp -- Very highly recommended, April 24, 2003

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High-Tide Bride (Harlequin American Romance, No 968) (Mass Market Paperback)

When Sheriff Clay Mitchell stops the woman in the voluminous wedding dress who just took out a street sign and fence, she refuses to provide a name or registration. Correction, she cannot provide the registration because she "borrowed" the catering van to escape her own wedding when she realized her fiancé and her father were conspiring to use her to further their political aspirations. Hope refuses to give her name, however, until she has time to figure out her life, and Paradise Creek seems like a good place to do it after a night in jail.

Clay does not know quite what to do with the woman he nicknames Red. She barters fashion sense for bail with his deputy, saves a child and a church, and sparks wild physical attraction in him. Soon the entire town conspires to conceal her true identity from Clay, embracing her as one of their own. Worse, Clay gets lovelorn advice from a ten year old and meddling in his love life from the geriatric set in their determination to right the tone of Paradise Creek after Clay tickets virtually anything that moves in sheer frustration over Red's appearance in his life. But it will take more than being locked in his own jail to set Clay's heart free.

Author Dianne Castell pens a mad cap adventure of love, matchmaking and self discovery in HIGH-TIDE BRIDE. Readers will delight in this marvelous cast of characters. Red brings a spontaneous impecuniousness to the small town of Paradise Creek and the Sheriff determined to keep the status quo. While Clay tries to restrain his responses, Red paints the jail, his desk and the water cooler in a frenzy that leaves them both breathless and still filled with desire. Secondary characters likewise dazzle, with an entire town filled with matchmakers of all ages. A marvelously romantic read, HIGH-TIDE BRIDE provides the perfect distraction from the ordinary and mundane. HIGH-TIDE BRIDE comes very highly recommended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put it down!, August 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: High-Tide Bride (Harlequin American Romance, No 968) (Mass Market Paperback)

What a great book! Ms. Castell does a wonderful job introducing you to the sweet people of this little town. Red is delightful and fun. A must read for romance novel lovers.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Romantic Comedy, June 24, 2003

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Jean Gray (Lebanon, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High-Tide Bride (Harlequin American Romance, No 968) (Mass Market Paperback)

Dianne Castell writes such funny stories - I was laughing out loud all through the book. Hope runs away from her wedding when she learns that her dad set her up with this guy for political reasons. So she "borrows" the catering van and leaves D.C. in a rush. She crashes in a small town, gets all tangled in her wedding dress trying to get out of the van and comes face to face with the oh so handsome, oh so furious, sheriff. Then they both get tangled in her dress which could double as a parachute and fall down. She refuses to give him her name because she doesn't want her father to find her. The Sheriff hauls her off to jail. There is an instant attraction between the two but both try to deny it because of their previous experience in disastrous relationships. True love conquers in the end, of course, but what a wild ride getting there!