The Wedding Cake War

The Wedding Cake War
Lynna Banning

Extra! Extra! Mail-Order Brides Compete To See Who Can Deliver!That should be the headline in the Gazette, Lolly Mayfield swore. Here she'd gotten up the gumption to answer an ad, only to find herself competing for bride status against two other women, with Kellen Macready as the extremely eligible–and very masculine–prize!If it weren't for charity, Kellen Macready would never have agreed to be the grand prize in a public matchmaking contest. But then he'd never have met Lolly Mayfield–sassy, direct, outrageous and the one woman in the competition, or out of it, able to make his slumbering heart wake up and sing!

“I will never set foot in this house again, I promise you.”

Kellen stared at her for a full minute. She was magnificent. A lioness defending her lair. Except that it was his lair. And it was his hand that wanted to touch her trembling chin. His body that hungered to feel her passion. Her fire.

“Goddammit, Lolly.”

“Goddammit what?” She spit the words at him, and all at once he couldn’t stand it one more second. He kissed her.

Big, big tactical error. Her lips under his were like warm velvet. Suddenly he wanted his mouth, and his hands, on every inch of her skin.

“Stop,” she said after a few exquisitely sensual explorations of her neck and throat. “Kellen, you must stop.”

“Why must I?” he murmured against her hair. He kissed her again. He didn’t want to stop. Ever.

Acclaim for Lynna Banning

“Do not read Lynna Banning expecting some trite,

clichéd western romance. This author

breathes fresh air into the West.”

—Romance Reviews

The Scout

“Though a romance through and through,

The Scout is also a story with powerful undertones

of sacrifice and longing.”

—Romantic Times

The Angel of Devil’s Camp

“This sweet charmer of an Americana romance

has just the right amount of humor, poignancy

and a cast of quirky characters.”

—Romantic Times

The Law and Miss Hardisson

“…fresh and charming

…a sweet and funny yet poignant story.”

—Romantic Times

The Wedding Cake War

Lynna Banning

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

In memory of my mother,

Mary Elizabeth (Banning) Yarnes

With grateful thanks to Suzanne Barrett, Tricia Adams,

Debbie Parcel, Brenda Preston, Susan Renison,

David Woolston and Andrew Yarnes.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen