The Next Mrs. Blackthorne (Bitter Creek, No. 6) - Softcover

Johnston, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743454413 ISBN 13: 9780743454414

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2005

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of The Cowboy and The Rival returns to the Bitter Creek series with this thrilling and passionate novel that reveals who will become Clay Blackthorne’s wife.

A lavish summer wedding is being planned at Bitter Creek ranch. In one month, Clay Blackthorne will wed socialite Jocelyn Montrose. But when she hears stirrings of a corporate takeover by the family’s arch rival, North Grayhawk, Jocelyn covertly heads to North’s ranch to offer a valuable commodity—herself—if North will call off his plans. Striking a deal to spend the summer with the steely, seductive North, Jocelyn fails to see that her sacrifice to protect the man she loves may have dire consequences.

Stunned by his fiancee’s rejection, Clay, a newly appointed federal judge, begins presiding over an incendiary terrorism trial, which brings him face to face with his first love, Libby Grayhawk. As tensions mount, forces beyond Clay’s control threaten the women most precious to him in the past and the present. And only in a daring act of sacrifice will he know which woman will become the next Mrs. Blackthorne.

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About the Author

Joan Johnston is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than fifty novels and novellas with more than 15 million copies of her books in print. She has worked as a director of theatre, drama critic, newspaper editor, college professor, and attorney on her way to becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Colorado and Florida. You can find out more about Joan at JoanJohnston.com.

Reviews

Jocelyn is engaged to widower Clay Blackthorne, a federal judge in Austin, and savvy enough to know that she is an outsider in the rough-and-tumble feud between two rich and powerful families: the Blackthornes and the Grayhawks. So she decides to help. North Grayhawk is interested in her, so she makes him an offer: herself in his bed if he agrees to give back his shares of the Blackthornes' land. He is a cold man, but he agrees. Clay deduces what she is doing and says he'll wait for her. Meanwhile, his daughter, Kate, devises her own plan. Libby, North's sister, and Clay were once in love, but their families kept them apart. Kate now manages to bring them together as North and Jocelyn fall in love. But Kate has to be put in danger's way before the two feuding families finally settle their differences. With a soap-opera plot and manly men and tempestuous women, Johnston's dramatic tale is dallas, dynasty, and Bonanza all rolled into one. Maria Hatton
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Edition details

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743454413
• ISBN 13: 9780743454414
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 432