The Vicar Takes a Wife

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS THE VICAR'S WIFE ~ A TALE RETOLD What happens when the Almighty tells Hosea, the handsome yet awkward vicar of St. Mary's, to marry a whore? He runs away to Texas—and into the arms of the very type of woman he is trying to avoid. Susanna is a prostitute who hates preachers, but getting this do-gooder out of her hair and out of town proves an impossible task after he's hired to work at the saloon where she plies her trade. Hosea suddenly finds himself shepherding a flock of soiled doves and performing acts of charity that he's certain will get him defrocked. Meanwhile, his money's running out; so are his chances to go home, if he can ever find the courage to. Then Hosea unexpectedly wins Susanna in a high-stakes poker game and he makes an even bigger gamble: returning to England with her as his temporary bride. But Susanna's got other plans that don't include Hosea—until her troublesome...