The Wedding In White - Diana Palmer

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      Dear Reader,

      I really can’t express how flattered I am and also how grateful I am to Mills & Boon Books for releasing this collection of my published works. It came as a great surprise. I never think of myself as writing books that are collectible. In fact, there are days when I forget that writing is work at all. What I do for a living is so much fun that it never seems like a job. And since I reside in a small community, and my daily life is confined to such mundane things as feeding the wild birds and looking after my herb patch in the backyard, I feel rather unconnected from what many would think of as a glamorous profession.

      But when I read my email, or when I get letters from readers, or when I go on signing trips to bookstores to meet all of you, I feel truly blessed. Over the past thirty years, I have made lasting friendships with many of you. And quite frankly, most of you are like part of my family. You can’t imagine how much you enrich my life. Thank you so much.

      I also need to extend thanks to my family (my husband, James, son, Blayne, daughter-in-law, Christina, and granddaughter, Selena Marie), to my best friend, Ann, to my readers, booksellers and the wonderful people at Mills & Boon Books—from my editor of many years, Tara, to all the other fine and talented people who make up our publishing house. Thanks to all of you for making this job and my private life so worth living.

      Thank you for this tribute, Mills & Boon, and

      for putting up with me for thirty long years! Love to all of you.

      Diana Palmer

      DIANA PALMER

      The prolific author of more than one hundred books, Diana Palmer got her start as a newspaper reporter. A multi–New York Times bestselling author and one of the top ten romance writers in America, she has a gift for telling the most sensual tales with charm and humor. Diana lives with her family in Cornelia, Georgia.

      Visit her website at www.DianaPalmer.com.

      The Wedding in White

      New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author

      Diana Palmer

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      For Irene Sullivan, my friend

      New York Times and USA TODAY

      Bestselling Author

      Diana Palmer

      The Essential Collection

       Long, Tall Texans…and More!

      AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2011

      Calhoun

      Tyler

      Ethan

      Connal

      Harden

      Evan

      AVAILABLE MARCH 2011

      Donavan

      Emmett

      Regan’s Pride

      That Burke Man

      Circle of Gold

      Cattleman’s Pride

      AVAILABLE APRIL 2011

      The Princess Bride

      Coltrain’s Proposal

      A Man of Means

      Lionhearted

      Maggie’s Dad

      Rage of Passion

      AVAILABLE MAY 2011

      Lacy

      Beloved

      Love with a Long, Tall Texan

      (containing “Guy,” “Luke” and “Christopher”)

      Heart of Ice

      Noelle

      Fit for a King

      The Rawhide Man

      AVAILABLE JUNE 2011

      A Long, Tall Texan Summer

      (containing “Tom,” “Drew” and “Jobe”)

      Nora

      Dream’s End

      Champagne Girl

      Friends and Lovers

      The Wedding in White

      AVAILABLE JULY 2011

      Heather’s Song

      Snow Kisses

      To Love and Cherish

      Long, Tall and Tempted

      (containing “Redbird,” “Paper Husband” and

      “Christmas Cowboy”)

      The Australian

      Darling Enemy

      Trilby

      AVAILABLE AUGUST 2011

      Sweet Enemy

      Soldier of Fortune

      The Tender Stranger

      Enamored

      After the Music

      The Patient Nurse

      AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2011

      The Case of the Mesmerizing Boss

      The Case of the Confirmed Bachelor

      The Case of the Missing Secretary

      September Morning

      Diamond Girl

      Eye of the Tiger

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter One

      “I’ll never get married!” Vivian wailed. “He won’t let me have Whit here at all. I only wanted him to come for supper, and now I have to call him and say it’s off! Mack’s just hateful!”

      “There, there,” Natalie Brock soothed, hugging the younger girl. “He’s not hateful. He just doesn’t understand how you feel about Whit. And you have to remember, he’s been totally responsible for you since you were fifteen.”

      “But he’s my brother, not my father,” came the sniffling reply. Vivian dashed tears off on the back of her hand. “I’m twenty-two,” she added in a plaintive tone. “He can’t tell me what to do anymore, anyway!”

      “He can, on Medicine Ridge Ranch,” Natalie reminded her wryly. Medicine Ridge Ranch was the largest spread in this part of Montana—even the town was named after it. “He’s the big boss.”

      “Humph!” Vivian dabbed at her red eyes with a handkerchief. “Only because Daddy left it to him.”

      “That

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