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HE WAS ONE HOT HOMBRE...
And to her dismay, cool, aloof Rachel Hart needed roughshod migrant worker Ruben Salazar. For, mysteriously, only Ruben could coax his fellow chile pickers to reap the precious, fiery fruits that would ransom her family's endangered farm. But what reward would this macho man demand?
Marriage -- a marriage of convenience that promised both heaven and hell. For while Ruben's soulful blue eyes spoke of lofty intentions, his bronzed skin and rippling muscles inspired earthy, fevered yearnings...
There were dangerous contradictions in the man, and the fires his touch ignited threatened to bum away Rachel's common sense, blind her to the darkness surrounding her pleasure where she could lose her way forever.
And to her dismay, cool, aloof Rachel Hart needed roughshod migrant worker Ruben Salazar. For, mysteriously, only Ruben could coax his fellow chile pickers to reap the precious, fiery fruits that would ransom her family's endangered farm. But what reward would this macho man demand?
Marriage -- a marriage of convenience that promised both heaven and hell. For while Ruben's soulful blue eyes spoke of lofty intentions, his bronzed skin and rippling muscles inspired earthy, fevered yearnings...
There were dangerous contradictions in the man, and the fires his touch ignited threatened to bum away Rachel's common sense, blind her to the darkness surrounding her pleasure where she could lose her way forever.
- GenresMarriage Of Convenience
Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 1992
About the author
Catherine Palmer
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Catherine Palmer lives in Atlanta with her husband, Tim, where they serve as missionaries in a refugee community. They have two grown sons. Cathy is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and holds a master's degree in English from Baylor University. Her first book was published in 1988. Since then she has published over 50 novels, many of them national best sellers. Catherine has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Christy Award, the highest honor in Christian fiction. In 2004, she was given the Career Achievement Award for Inspirational Romance by "Romantic Times" magazine. More than 2 million copies of Catherine's novels are currently in print. The Author's Work With her compelling characters and strong message of Christian faith, Catherine is known for writing fiction that "touches the hearts and souls of readers." Her many collections include A Town Called Hope, Treasures of the Heart, Finders Keepers, English Ivy, and the Miss Pickworth series. Catherine also recently coauthored the Four Seasons fiction series with Gary Chapman, the "New York Times" best-selling author of "The Five Love Languages."
Catherine Palmer lives in Atlanta with her husband, Tim, where they serve as missionaries in a refugee community. They have two grown sons. Cathy is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and holds a master's degree in English from Baylor University. Her first book was published in 1988. Since then she has published over 50 novels, many of them national best sellers. Catherine has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Christy Award, the highest honor in Christian fiction. In 2004, she was given the Career Achievement Award for Inspirational Romance by "Romantic Times" magazine. More than 2 million copies of Catherine's novels are currently in print. The Author's Work With her compelling characters and strong message of Christian faith, Catherine is known for writing fiction that "touches the hearts and souls of readers." Her many collections include A Town Called Hope, Treasures of the Heart, Finders Keepers, English Ivy, and the Miss Pickworth series. Catherine also recently coauthored the Four Seasons fiction series with Gary Chapman, the "New York Times" best-selling author of "The Five Love Languages."
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December 29, 2013
There is just something about these old SIM books that I like and I have to admit that I miss this line, the new sheikhs, ranchers and oil barons just don't have the same charm. When the book opens the heroine Rachel has just become a married woman but it is not a normal marriage, it is an arrangement and then the author takes us back to the beginning when the heroine comes back from a CPA job in the city to take over her family's struggling farm and meets the hero who has been running the place single-handledly and he isn't like the normal Spanish speaking chile workers, for one he talks different, his English is perfect and the things he talks about, religion, grace but Rachel doesn't want him around, for one he is an illegal and another he reminds her of why she ran away, for she was once in love with a worker but he disappeared, taking away Rachel's trust and faith.
The hero as we learn is no ordinary worker instead he comes from a wealthy family and is in the States to complete his disseration on a church that is shrouded in secrecy because of their practices, so when he gets a notice about his student visa expiring, he is unhappy but he honours Rachel's request and leaves but soon Rachel is struggling with the workers and to hold on to the farm and the hero offers a solution, marriage, something that will be beneficial to both and she agrees.
In the beginning Rachel is prickly and the hero is still keeping secrets about who he really is but even when the truth comes out and their explosive chemistry turns their relationship into something deeper there are real life obstacles, their dreams, the hero is an anthropologist who doesn't want to be tied down and can't walk away from his research as Rachel wants him to and Rachel has the farm, for me it was fun to see them figure their way out to an HEA like a normal couple, compromising because marriage isn't just about love but it is more and this book showed that.
The hero as we learn is no ordinary worker instead he comes from a wealthy family and is in the States to complete his disseration on a church that is shrouded in secrecy because of their practices, so when he gets a notice about his student visa expiring, he is unhappy but he honours Rachel's request and leaves but soon Rachel is struggling with the workers and to hold on to the farm and the hero offers a solution, marriage, something that will be beneficial to both and she agrees.
In the beginning Rachel is prickly and the hero is still keeping secrets about who he really is but even when the truth comes out and their explosive chemistry turns their relationship into something deeper there are real life obstacles, their dreams, the hero is an anthropologist who doesn't want to be tied down and can't walk away from his research as Rachel wants him to and Rachel has the farm, for me it was fun to see them figure their way out to an HEA like a normal couple, compromising because marriage isn't just about love but it is more and this book showed that.
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