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In the first novel of a brand-new Texas trilogy, awardwinning USA Today bestselling author Jodi Thomas takes her exquisite and often lyrical writing (Inside Romance) to passionate new heights as an emotionally wounded man and woman discover the true nature of love and marriage...
Thrown off a wagon train with two other women and trying to avoid jail for a murder they committed, Bailee Moore agrees to enter a Wife Lotterya ploy concocted by the Cedar Point sheriff to secure wives for the men in the small Texas town. For the sensible Bailee, however, marrying Carter McKoy is like exchanging one life sentence for anotherespecially since her new husband hasnt even seen fit to utter a single word in her presence. But still, she cant help thinking that something about this strong, silent farmer could be the key to leaving her troubled past behindand making a worthy wager with her heart.
