Dedicated artist Evie Washington doesnât fancy herself the marrying kind. But the moment she admitted that her faceless portrait of a naked man was modeled on the devilishly handsome Reverend Swanson, the whole town assumed her innocence had been ruined. Now her familyâs determined to save her reputationâeven if it means taking away her hard-won freedom.
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It's Brad âShadowâ Swanson's preacher status that's a poseâto avoid the law. Now he's been convicted of the one crime he didnât commit. And if he doesnât step up and marry Evie, heâll have to admit his true identity and replace his collar with a noose. Of course, a life sentence in the spirited beautyâs bed wouldnât exactly be tortureâand it just might be the key to making an honest man out of him.