The Marriage Mishap by Judith Stacy released on Jul 25, 1997 is available now for purchase.

Carina Conte has had a crush on her brother Michael's best friend, Max Gray, since she was a teenager back home in Italy. Now she's earned her MBA and come to work at Michael's bakery empire. Max knows Carina is strictly off-limits, for the sake of his job and his friendship with Michael. But hot-blooded lust wins out at a conference when the two share a scorching one-night stand-- and are busted by her mother! Forced by old-world Italian tradition into a marriage he's not ready for, Max is miserable and Carina is furious. Her new husband is about to realize that hell hath no fury like a woman transformed ...

A social worker struggling to keep the peace with her increasingly volatile husband for the sake of their children finds herself fighting for her life in the hospital after his temper gets the best of him one rainy day.

When rugged Captain Zack Fitzgerald sails into Santamaria, Shona McKenzie see's him as a ticket to freedom. But her sister-in-law's scheming places them in a compromising position. Zack is mesmerised by Shona, but marriage would destroy his plans to obtain guardianship over his child. So he devises a plan to make sure the wedding stays a sham. But weeks later Shona shows up on his London doorstep, and Zack must learn to deal with a very defiant wife.

TEMPORARY WIFE WANTED! $500 & expenses to proxy bride. One-day assignment. No night hours! It was the wedding of Alex Storm's dreams. Standing beside her was gorgeous blond cattle rancher Jon Waring. As the minister pronounced them man and wife, Jon placed a lingering kiss on her lips. It all felt so real—even though Alex knew her tour of duty as Mrs. Waring was only twenty-four hours long. But wait—what was it the justice of the peace had said…? Alex slowly replayed the words in her mind and watched her dream wedding turn into a nightmare. Because for better or for worse, she and Jon were really married…for keeps!

Do not adjust your set. That really was Casey Greene being jilted by her fiancé on live TV! And that really was Memphis’s most eligible bachelor who stepped in to marry her instead. Millionaire businessman Adam Carmichael wanted only to help Casey save face. He isn’t prepared for the news that their “fake” wedding is legal and binding. While they secretly wait for an annulment, media and family scrutiny forces them to put on their best loving-couple act. Except by now, neither one is quite sure who’s acting….