Description: Adrianna Moore has just had a double shock: the death of her father and the discovery that he has left his entire estate to his lawyer. The lawyer, a repulsive social climber, tells her that to regain her inheritance, she must marry him "a week from Sunday." Adrianna takes off, driving desperately to a new life. Caught in a violent rainstorm, she collides with an oncoming truck. Quinn Baxter, the driver of the truck, demands repayment for his lost cargo. They reach a bargain: she will live in his home, tutor his bedridden younger brother, and play piano in Quinn's tavern to pay off her debt. Drawn to the rugged Quinn and challenged by the interaction with the tavern patrons, she also must deal with an intractable foe--Quinn's housekeeper, who is scheming to become his wife. All the while, the spurned lawyer is following Adrianna's trail, determined to find her and force her to marry him.
Brief description: Dorothy Garlock is the national bestselling and award-winning author of forty-nine romance novels, including A Place Called Rainwater and The Edge of Town. Her books, which often feature the exciting backdrop of the Old West, consistently appear on the New York Times and Washington Post bestseller lists. She now has more than 20 million copies of her books in print, with translations in eighteen languages and publication in thirty-six countries. Dorothy's book-writing career began in 1976, after fourteen years spent working as bookkeeper/columnist for a local newspaper. She has been written about in almost every major newspaper, interviewed on numerous radio and television shows, and was selected Oustanding Western Writer for 1986. She lives in Clear Lake, Iowa.
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"Characters...are expertly portrayed by Renée Raudman."
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