A happy arrangement for everyone . . . Everyone, that is, except the bride and groom. For Kate, marriage to this arrogant stranger provided the only way out of enormous debts and the clutches of the cruel town mayor. For Tyler, it was the only route to sole control of his family's business. It was an arrangement meant to last two years, and love had little to do with it. But Tyler made it clear he would exercise his conjugal rights, and Kate was appalled at her own wanton reaction....