The Perfect Wife (Harlequin Historical, No. 614) [Paperback]

Mary Burton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Historical | Publication Date: June 1, 2002

Keeping secrets and telling lies was no way to start a marriage. But what else, Jenna Winslow ruminated, could a woman running from scandal do? Who would ever want an unschooled virgin with a fatherless baby in tow? Certainly not rugged rancher Rowe Mercer, a man with demanding standards -- and compelling charms...!

Ex-bounty hunter Rowe Mercer had spent a lifetime riding with danger. Now he craved more peaceful pursuits, but when mail-order bride Jenna Winslow arrived "C.O.D." he wondered if his prayers had truly been answered. Could there possibly be a future for a polished Eastern angel and a man with a past he wanted to forget...!

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373292147
• ISBN-13: 978-0373292141
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A Central Virginia native whose family's Richmond roots run as deep as the nation's, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary Burton graduated from Virginia's Hollins University and began a career in marketing. After a decade she left her job and began writing. Her first novel, a romance, was published in 2000.

Following that book, Burton wrote sixteen novels and novellas for Harlequin and Silhouette before entering the dark world of multiple murderers and their motives with Senseless, Merciless, Dying Scream, Dead Ringer and I'm Watching You, as well as her novella Christmas Past, which appears in the 2008 New York Times bestselling holiday anthology Silver Bells.

Her commitment to realism has led to eye-opening interviews with law enforcement, to forensic seminars and to the firing range. She is a graduate of the Henrico County Citizens Police Academy and the Richmond FBI Citizen's Academy, and has participated in Sisters in Crime's Forensic University program. Recently, she attended the Writers Police Academy in Jamestown, North Carolina. There she attended seminars on autopsies, undercover work and the motives behind murder.

Mary Burton is an avid baker and an accomplished cook. When not writing, researching or baking, Mary practices yoga, enjoys her miniature dachshunds Buddy and Bella, volunteers at the University of Richmond's Culinary Arts Program, attends professional conferences, and visits with readers and booksellers.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly Delightful!, May 18, 2004

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Nancy Compton (Boise, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Perfect Wife (Harlequin Historical, No. 614) (Paperback)

Virginia, Colorado 1876

Miss Jenna Winslow needed Rowe Mercer. She needed to marry him...quickly. Jenna is a mother with a fatherless infant. Her solution to the scandal is to become a mail-order bride...somewhere far away.

Rowe is a rugged and gruff ex-bounty hunter-turned-rancher who is ready to settle down to family life and Jenna seems the perfect candidate. With Jenna's lies to Rowe and Rowe's avoidance to reveal his past, could a marriage possibly work?

I thoroughly enjoyed this fun, quick and easy read that keeps you interested from the first page to the last!