Dedicated vet Melinda Fortesque has a secret. One she's kept from gorgeous doctor Dragan Lovak even though she's given him her heart. Now duty is calling her, and she knows she must tell him the truth about who she really is. It's enough of a shock for Dragan to learn that the woman he trusted and fell in love with is royalty! And that HRH Melinda has been called back to her country to take the throne. But now he's learned that she's carrying his child! How can be possible let her go?

Dr. Ed Tremayne hasn't been home for a long time. Now he's back—and he's needed! A virus outbreak on a stranded cruise ship in Penhally Bay is threatening lives. Lives that Ed can save—but only if he can put his traumatic past behind him. With the ship's nurse at his side, he begins to think he can do anything… The chemistry between Ed and nurse Madeleine Granger is undeniable. If they can overcome the past together, maybe then Ed can look to the present and see the bride standing before his eyes.

Features nine stories about arranged marriages on the American frontier, including "The Wedding Wagon," "From Halter to Altar," and "From Carriage to Marriage."