TY - BOOK TI - The next Mrs. Blackthorne: [a Bitter Creek novel] SN - 0743454413 : AV - CPB Box no. 2398 vol. 1 PY - 2005///. CY - New York PB - Pocket Books KW - Conspiracies KW - Fiction KW - Texas KW - Wyoming KW - Love stories KW - gsafd KW - Romantic suspense fiction KW - Suspense fiction N2 - A lavish summer wedding is being planned at Bitter Creek ranch. In one month, Clay Blackthorne will wed socialite Jocelyn Montrose. But when she hears stirrings of a corporate takeover by the family's archrival, North Grayhawk, Jocelyn covertly heads to North's ranch to offer a valuable commodity -- herself -- if North will call off his plans. Striking a deal to spend the summer with the steely, seductive North, Jocelyn fails to see that her sacrifice to protect the man she loves may have dire consequences UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2005578007-s.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1003/2005578007-b.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2005578007-d.html ER -