Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride by Cassie Miles

Author:Cassie Miles [Miles, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-09-06T05:00:00+00:00

THOUGH YVONNE CAME OVER to help Angela get ready for the wedding, there really wasn’t much to do. The cream-colored silk suit fit perfectly, and she’d already decided to wear her long hair up. The only question was the pouffy net veil that would have been totally appropriate with the gown but looked silly with a suit. She pinned it on the top of her head. “I look like a cockatoo.”

“I never got the point of wearing a veil,” Yvonne said. “The groom already knows what the bride looks like so when he picks it up, there’s no big shock. Unless you paint on a fake moustache.”

“Or not.” She tried the veil on the back of her head. “Maybe when I get to the chapel, I’ll just stick a daisy from the bouquet into my hair.”

Benjy came into her bedroom. In his little blue blazer and necktie, he was utterly adorable. “Mommy, I don’t want you to get married.”

“And why is that?”

“You’re going away with Neil.”

“I’ll be back before you know it.” She didn’t want to be apart from Benjy for two whole weeks, but taking a child on her honeymoon wasn’t exactly key to a romantic relationship with her new husband.

“Hey, Benjy.” When Yvonne squatted down to talk to him, the skirt of her forest-green sheath stretched tight across her bottom. “I’m going to miss your mom, too. But we’ll have fun while she’s gone. One day, I’ll take you to the museum to see the dinosaur bones.”

He held up two fingers. “Two times.”

“Twice it is. And the zoo.”

“We’re going to the zoo,” Benjy said. “I’m going to tell Shane. He can come with us.”

As he ran from the room, Angela flung the veil onto her bed. A trip to the zoo with Shane and Benjy sounded like a hundred times more fun than the wedding ceremony. She looked into the mirror one last time and practiced her smile. She didn’t look happy.

“You’re gorgeous,” Yvonne said. “A beautiful bride.”

“I never wanted this big ceremony. It’s too much.”

Her friend shrugged. “You ought to make a good haul on wedding gifts.”

“We already have too much stuff. Everything from my house will have to go into storage.”

“You’re not selling your things?”

“I probably should.” The worn furniture she’d chosen with care would never look right in Neil’s house.

Yvonne checked her wristwatch. “We’re just about ready. Shane has everything packed. He shifted Benjy’s car seat into the back of his Land Rover. And his bags. And your carry-on with the cosmetics.”

Shane tapped on the open door before he entered. “Yvonne, would you watch Benjy? I need to talk to Angela alone.”

“Sure thing, but we need to get moving.” She tapped her wristwatch. “Ticktock.”

As soon as she bustled out the door, he closed it. “I heard from the lab. They analyzed the pills Neil prescribed for you.”

The air went out of her lungs. She sank down on the bed. “Tell me.”

“Not sedatives,” he said. “They’re mild stimulants with hallucinogenic properties.”

“What does that mean?” She had a pretty good idea, but didn’t want to believe it.

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