Carla Kelly 
Marriage Of Mercy 

Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuries MARRYING THE WRONG GROOM…From riches to rags, Grace has had to swallow her pride and get a job as a baker. But everything changes when she’s the beneficiary of a surprise inheritance… Her benefactor’s deal comes with a catch: give up her life of toil and live in luxury only if she marries his illegitimate son, a prisoner of war. It’s an offer she can’t afford to refuse.But her husband-to-be is dying, and he begs her to take one of his men instead…to marry purely out of mercy… A marriage of convenience with a complete stranger… Could this arrangement ever work?’Kelly has the rare ability to create realistic yet sympathetic characters that linger in the mind.’ – Library Journal