All a Woman Wants by Patricia Rice

Author:Patricia Rice [Rice, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Romance
ISBN: 9780451202895
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

The organ groaned to life and began a solemn march Mac had been told had been played at the queen’s wedding. They could be playing “Hail to the Queen” for all he knew.

He nervously crumpled the brim of his top hat as he stood at the altar and waited for his bride to walk down the aisle. The vicar had arrived from Evesham, and Mac thought his smile looked sympathetic, as it would be for a man who was condemned to hang. How had a simple business trip turned into a wedding ceremony?

He definitely wanted Bea. But marriage? How the hell would he tell his family he’d leaped before he looked again, and married a bride who lived an ocean away?

Bitsy and Buddy bounced from one lap to the other in the front pew. All the ladies of the village were taking turns watching the little hooligans. They were dressed in all their finery, Bitsy in white lace and Buddy in blue satin, with lace and bows and their angelic smiles and curls to adorn them. Bitsy had already ripped the white ribbons off her lacy cap, and Buddy had lost a button off his jacket.

Would Bea still want him when he returned from Virginia without the children? That thought preyed constantly on his mind.

As did an even deeper concern—would Bea still want him once she understood the bestial nature of men? She’d been raised without the benefit of an understanding mother, and he wondered if she had any idea what to expect from him tonight.

He was terrified that one way or another, he’d make her cry. He didn’t want to hurt her at all, but he didn’t see how he could help it.

As the church doors opened, Mac handed his hat to Overton, who’d agreed to stand up with him. His heart or his lungs or some vital organ hung in his throat as Bea entered. She was so beautiful, he couldn’t breathe for awe. Gleaming russet braids rolled up and decked with tiny white roses framed her pink cheeks and shining brown eyes. A spill of frail lace covered the curls piled on top of her head. And the gown...

Mac took a deep breath before he expired on the spot. She’d promised to cut the neckline down to there, and she had. The glorious curve of her breasts rose high and full above the shimmering blue bodice. How would he survive until tonight? What imp of hell had enforced laws requiring a man to marry in the morning? Why hadn’t he thought to arrange a carriage to the next town and an inn where neither of them were known?

Actually, he had thought of that, but Bea hadn’t wanted to leave home.

The delicate scent of lilacs engulfed him as she arrived at the altar, and he took her hand into the crook of his arm. She felt perfect beside him. He needn’t bend to hear her words, nor fear he’d break her in two with his rough hugs. She didn’t shy away from his crude kisses.

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