title: Emotionally Engaged: A Bride's Guide to Surviving the "Happiest" Time of Her Life
author:  Allison Moir-Smith 
description: Excellent . . . A must-read for every single bride. -- <i><i>Tango</i> magazine</i><br /><br />[This] pioneering bridal counselor . . . guides brides through the honest highs and lows of engagement. -- <i><i>Modern Bride</i></i>
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  _**The Kidnapped Bride**_
  
  Drew Wallin’s youngest brother is determined to see him married—so he kidnaps
  Drew a prospective bride. Not only is Catherine Stanway beautiful, but she’s a
  nurse who can help their ailing mother. Drew doesn’t have time for
  distractions—he’s too busy watching over his fatherless siblings. Yet he’s
  drawn to this woman who carries loss and pain equal to his own.
  
  Catherine has traveled West to use her nursing skills to save lives, not to
  find a husband. She knows if she gives in to Drew’s matchmaking family, she’ll
  be risking her already bruised heart. But maybe it’s time she takes the
  ultimate risk to win the groom she didn’t know she wanted!
  
  Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged—and bound to be grooms
  
   _ **“I think I’ve made myself clear. I’m not planning on marrying. I have a
  calling, a vocation, and certainly one Seattle sorely needs. I intended to
  stay another day, but if you all can’t understand my position, then perhaps I
  should