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Young Charlotte Mortimer loves her job teaching the poor children in the local school and she is happy with her steadfast fiance Luke. Then, one day, a terrible mining explosion rocks the town and suddenly everything Charlotte thinks she knows is thrown into doubt. The arrival of wealthy businessman Justin Weatherby complicates things further. Charlotte must marry him to save the school she loves even if it means sacrificing everything else that is dear to her. There are secrets and lies at every turn to challenge her; will she ever make it as a bargain bride? And can she ever love the austere man who has married her and saved her beloved school from certain destruction?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127852 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

From the Inside Flap
Young Charlotte Mortimer is content with her lot. She loves her job teaching the poor and destitute at the local school and is happy with her strong, steadfast fiancé, Luke.
Then one day a terrible mining explosion rocks the town, and suddenly everything Charlotte thinks she knows is thrown into doubt. The arrival of wealthy businessman Justin Weatherby complicates things further. Charlotte must marry him to save the school she loves, even if it means sacrificing everything else that is dear to her.

There are secrets and lies to challenge her at every turn. Can she keep to her side of the deal, as she enters into a seemingly loveless marriage as a bargain bride? Can one brilliant pupil at the school surprise them all? And will she ever love the austere man who has married her and saved her beloved school from certain destruction?

Iris Gower, Wales’s favourite storyteller, brings us an inspiring new novel set around her home town of Swansea.

From the Back Cover
A heartwarming new novel from Wales’s best-loved storyteller.

Young Charlotte Mortimer loves her job teaching the poor children in the local school and she is happy with her steadfast fiancé Luke.

Then, one day, a terrible mining explosion rocks the town and suddenly everything Charlotte thinks she knows is thrown into doubt.The arrival of wealthy businessman Justin Weatherby complicates things further.Charlotte must marry him to save the school she loves even if it means sacrificing everything else that is dear to her.There are secrets and lies at every turn to challenge her; will she ever make it as a bargain bride?And can she ever love the austere man who has married her and saved her beloved school from certain destruction?

About the Author
Iris Gower was born in Swansea, where she still lives. The mother of four grown-up children, she has written over twenty bestselling novels.She received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales Swansea in 1999 and has been awarded an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cardiff.

Customer Reviews

bargain bride is a good read well written
this is a well written book as are all iris gower books, when ever i pick up an iris gower book i want to finish it but hate getting to the end, then i have to wait for the next book to come out, i have all her books, she tends to write in series, and i have read them many times over, this book tells of a school teacher who maries for the love of her school, as the man she marries has money and influence in the swansea community, but as usual falls in love with the man and not the position he holds, both have the same feelings for each other but both hide it from the other, as they think the love they feel is one sided, but all turns out well following a disaster, good read,