The Consolation Bride (Unexpectedly Married)

Perfect business partners. That’s how my new father-in-law described us at our wedding. He wasn’t wrong. They had a plan, an arrangement–two powerful families joining forces until one little problem threatened to ruin it all. See, Stanton McCain had been in love with my sister Gretchen for years. So this union was good for Stanton, bad for me because I’d been in love with him for years. Imagine the scandal when Gretchen ran away to elope with Gabby, the woman she’d been in love with for years and her secret girlfriend. And after the church and reception hall had already been booked. Gasp! Someone had to marry Stanton. That’s where I came in. Remove Gretchen, and insert Penelope. Single, reliable, and Stanton’s consolation bride.