title: Wedding Goddess: A Divine Guide to Transforming Wedding Stress into Wedding Bliss
author:  Laurie Sue Brockway 
description: Laurie Sue Brockway is a widely recognized expert on women's self-esteem and spirituality, and writes a syndicated column, <i>For the Goddess in You</i>, and has written articles for <i>Newsday</i>, <i>Boston Globe</i>, <i>Washington Post</i>, <i>Ladies Home Journal</i>, <i>Woman's World</i>, and other publications. She is the author of <i>A Goddess Is a Girl's Best Friend</i>.
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  “My lord Warleigh, I am not prepared to receive you at this time.”
  
  “Not prepared to receive me? You can not have forgotten that we share this
  chamber.”
  
  “I have not forgotten. You may come back after my maid has prepared your bed.”
  
  Simon scowled, then shook his head. “Nay, ’twill not serve. This is my chamber
  and you are my wife. It is not improper for me to be alone with you.” He
  stepped before her, perusing her slowly. “To do anything I wish with you.”
  
  She sucked in a deep breath, as a rush of something dark and unknown raced
  through her. Desperately she fought for control at her reaction to him.
  
  “I would not say that you may do as you wish with me, my lord. Wed though we
  may be, it is not a real marriage.”
  
  “Do I detect a note of disappointment, Isabelle?”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Praise for Catherine Archer’s previous works
  
  Summer’s Bride
  
  “A delightful read!”
  
  —Romance Reviews Today
  
  Winter’s Bride
  
  “…a pleasurable medieval romance with conventional characters and a tried-an