Before Sunrise and bristling at the tension

and bristling at the tension it causes between them

Lara must become his convenient wife

and a love more powerful than anything they've ever known

The Mercenary's Bride

Jeremiah Cortez thought he'd left the past behind him –– especially the part of his past concerning Phoebe Keller

Before Sunrise and bristling at the tensionJeremiah Cortez thought he'd left the past behind him especially the part of his past concerning Phoebe Keller. Once, she had stirred his worldweary soul. Now, years later, seeing the blonde beauty again sparks dormant desires. But he has to push his emotions aside he has new ties that can't be broken. Phoebe thought her feelings for Cortez were buried as deep as the artefacts she studies in her museum. An expert in Native American culture, she has