Lucas's Convenient Bride. Susan Mallery

handshake will do, Lucas,” she said primly as she extended her hand.

      “Yes, ma’am,” he murmured, taking her slender fingers in his and squeezing gently.

      She seemed startled by the contact, or maybe she hadn’t expected him to agree so quickly. She pulled away as fast as she could and busied herself thanking the pastor and his family for their assistance. As he watched her, Lucas had the crazy idea that it might be kind of fun to seduce Mrs. Emily MacIntyre, just to see what happened.

      Then he reminded himself that he had enough troubles already, the main one being getting his brother married before the three-month deadline was up. He hoped Jackson’s mail-order bride had plenty of backbone and didn’t scare easy.