Legend has it that the famous Colto

Legend has it that the famous Colton family sapphires shine brilliantly on only the women— who are meant to be Colton brides....

Meet three powerful and sexy Colton men whoface the challenge of finding the right women—the brides of their hearts! Join New York Times bestselling author Kasey Michaels, along with national bestselling author Ruth Langan and reader favorite Carolyn Zane as they create unforgettable romances and lure you into the fascinating world of the Coltons.


THE COLTONS:
Harrison Colton: The vengeful tycoon. When the sister of his ex-fiance shows up begging for his help, he discovers that the steel wall surrounding his heart isn't as impenetrable as he'd thought.

William Colton: The playboy earl. Rather than succumb to a loveless union, he'd willfully chosen poverty over prestige. But now he must convince the beautiful, destitute widow living next door of the sincerity of his love....

Jason Colton: The determined doctor. When this hardworking M.D. rushes to aid a pregnant woman, her secrecy suggests she's cut from the same cloth as his former bride-to-be. Now she must persuade him that their meeting was more than mere chance—but destiny!

KASEY MICHAELS is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than sixty books that range from contemporary to historical romance. Recipient of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award and Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine, in addition to writing for Silhouette, Kasey is currently writing single-title contemporary fiction and Regency historical romances. When asked about her work for the Colton series, she said that she has rarely felt so involved in a project, one with such scope and diversity of plot and characters.

RUTH LANGAN, award-winning, bestselling author of more than sixty books, both contemporary and historical, has been described by Romantic Times Magazine as "a true master at involving your emotions, be they laughter or tears." Ruth has given dozens of print, radio and TV interviews, including Good Morning America and CNN News, as well as such diverse publications as the Wall Street journal, Cosmopolitan and the Detroit Free Press. It should be obvious to all her readers that Ruth Langan loves her work and lives to please her readers. "Colton's Bride" is a story that truly touched her heart. She hopes it touches all of yours, as well.

CAROLYN ZANE loves to write stories about pregnancy, as she is one of those hateful women who feels her best when she's expecting. While other women might have languished with morning sickness, Carolyn devoured barbecue beef sandwiches and chocolate cake with ice cream. Or anything that was not nailed down...with ice cream. Her husband, Matt, being the supportive sort, joined her in her ice cream habit. Had Carolyn known how wonderful the whole pregnancy thing really was, she most likely would not have waited sixteen years into her marriage to try it and would have well over a dozen children by now. As it is, she is kept more than busy with her two beautiful little daughters, Madeline and Olivia, and her adopted son, golden retriever Bob Barker.


SAPPHIRE'S BRIDE by Kasey Michaels
COLTON'S BRIDE by Ruth Langan

DESTINY'S BRIDE by Carolyn Zane




Brides Of Privilege




SAPPHIRE BRIDE

by Kasey Michaels



Chapter 1


Lorraine Nealy stuck small yellow arrows on the neatly typed pages. "Here, here and here," she said rather unnecessarily as she then placed each page on the desktop. The paper arrows that said without words "Sign here, bozo" were also redundant, but Harrison Colton didn't say anything; he just signed on each indicated line. Break Lorraine's stride and she unfailingly started over from the beginning. Harrison was just about done signing the papers and the idea of going back to Go wasn't part of his plan.

"Lorraine," he said at last, as his personal assistant—she'd made it very clear she was not a secretary—gathered up the contracts, "whatever would I do without you?"
"You'd wither and die, Mr. Colton. The whole place would fall down around your ears. It wouldn't be pretty, trust me," Lorraine responded without missing a beat.

In her middle fifties, Lorraine had been at Colton Media Holdings for thirty years and had convinced herself that she was the linchpin that held CMH together. She'd been Frank Colton's personal assistant until Harrison's father had let go of the reins enough to let his younger son take over, and now she ran CMH through Harrison, as she'd tell anyone who asked. Even if they didn't ask.

Harrison smiled, stood up, reached for the navy-blue sport coat he'd hung on the back of his chair. "In that case, I'm probably safe in leaving early today, with CMH in such reliable hands. Unless you've got more papers for me to sign?"

"Nope, all done. Your collar's crooked," Lorraine added, and Harrison quickly reached up and straightened it, slipping the Windsor knot on his maroon-and-navy striped tie back into place as well. At thirty-one, he had yet to adopt CMH's own policy of casual Fridays, although he had heartily subscribed to the optional work-at-home Fridays. He had only come into the office to sign the contracts, and was more than ready to get an early start on his weekend.

Smoothing down his collar, he then ran a hand over his jet-black hair before Lorraine could tell him
that he looked like he'd been "rode hard and put away wet," and picked up his briefcase. "I am excused,
aren't I, Lorraine?" he asked, already heading for the door.

"Actually..." Lorraine began, and Harrison stopped halfway across the wide expanse of beige Berber carpeting, turned to look at her, his green eyes narrowed. "No, never mind. I'll get rid of her. Just go
out the side door."

"Her?" Harrison, intrigued in spite of himself, shot a quick look toward the closed door that led to Lorraine's office and the reception area. "Her who?"

Lorraine clasped the contracts to her rather flat chest and rolled her watery blue eyes. "Her who has
been sitting in my office for the past hour, obviously unable to take a hint and go away. That her."

"No appointment? No, of course not. I don't make appointments for Friday afternoons. But she didn't leave? Wow. Lorraine, you must be losing your edge. When you say no, strong men cringe. I know I do."

"I told her maybe," Lorraine said so quietly that Harrison had to step closer in order to hear her.

"You said maybe," Harrison repeated, sincerely impressed. "You never say maybe, Lorraine. Yes, no,
not in your wildest dreams. But never maybe. What does this woman want? Is she collecting for homeless poodles and hit your one soft spot?"

"There are rarely homeless poodles, Mr. Colton," she replied tightly. "Poodles are eminently lovable, and almost always find homes."

"Yeah," Harrison said, grinning. "With you. What are you up to, at last count? Ten?"
"Six, with all of them expecting me home in the next hour to feed them, so if you're done dragging your feet, please leave by the side door so that I can go back out there and truthfully tell this Hamilton woman that you've gone for the day."

"Whoa," Harrison said, holding out an arm, blocking Lorraine's exit. "Did you say Hamilton? Annette Hamilton? No, that couldn't be. She's Annette O'Meara now."

Lorraine pulled a small piece of notepaper out of her pocket and checked it before saying, "Not Annette. This is a Ms. Savannah Hamilton. I'll tell her you've gone. Would you like me to set up an appointment sometime next month?''

No, he didn't want Lorraine to make an appointment for Ms. Savannah Hamilton for next month. What he'd like is for Lorraine to arrange for Ms. Savannah Hamilton to be on the next space launch headed for Mars. And definitely with the trip being a real family vacation, so that Sam and Annette went with her.

Harrison rubbed at his jaw as he walked back to the desk and laid down his briefcase. "What does she want?"

"What do any of them want?" Lorraine said. "A job. They think they can do an end run around the personnel department, bat their big baby blues at you, and have their byline on a story within six months, their Pulitzer within the year. Like I said, I'll get rid of her. I should have gotten rid of her an hour ago."

"Why didn't you?"
Lorraine shrugged her thin shoulders. "I think you're right. She does have a sort of stray-dog or wounded-puppy look to her. All dressed up and nowhere to go. And she seemed to be more unhappy about being here than I was to look up and see her standing in front of my desk. Maybe, I thought, she isn't looking for a job. Maybe she's looking for something else. I thought I could get her to tell me what she wanted, but she said it was a personal matter and I couldn't get her to say anything else. Even my homemade peanut butter cookies couldn't get her to talk."

"Wow," Harrison said, slipping off his sport coat and walking behind the desk. Trying to keep it light, so that Lorraine didn't suspect anything, he continued, "When the peanut butter cookies don't work, there's nothing else left. Thumbscrews, the rack— none of them are more potent than your peanut butter cookies. I'm surprised you didn't call Security and have Ms. Hamilton tossed out on her rear."

"Me, too," Lorraine said, her hand on the doorknob. "I take it I can relax now and Ms. Savannah Hamilton's personal matter doesn't have anything to do with an unexpected Colton cooking in the oven, because you seem truly surprised to see her, and because I know you're a good boy. Sometimes. So, you'll see her?"

Harrison lowered his six-foot-two-inch frame into the chair behind the desk. He ignored the first part of Lorraine's little speech because he was too used to her to object. "But you can go home once you've shown her in. And don't worry. I took three karate lessons when Jason and I were kids, so I don't think she'll be able to overpower me."
"Your father was never flippant," Lorraine reminded him. "He would never have made that crack, or the one about my peanut butt

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Legenda mengatakan bahwa terkenal Colton keluarga safir bersinar cemerlang pada hanya wanita — yang dimaksudkan untuk menjadi pengantin Colton...Memenuhi tiga kuat dan seksi Colton pria whoface tantangan untuk mencari wanita yang tepat — Pengantin hati mereka! Bergabung dengan New York Times terlaris penulis Kasey Michaels, bersama dengan penulis buku laris Nasional Ruth Langan dan pembaca favorit Carolyn Zane karena mereka membuat kisah cinta tak terlupakan dan memikat Anda ke dunia menarik dari Coltons.COLTONS:Harrison Colton: Tycoon dendam. Ketika saudara tunangannya mantan muncul memohon bantuannya, dia menemukan bahwa baja dinding sekitar hatinya tidak sebagai tak bisa ditembus karena ia berpikir.William Colton: Earl playboy. Alih-alih menyerah persatuan tanpa cinta, ia sengaja telah memilih kemiskinan atas prestige. Tapi sekarang dia harus meyakinkan janda cantik, miskin hidup pintu berikutnya ketulusan cinta...Jason Colton: Dokter ditentukan. Saat ini pekerja keras M.D. bergegas untuk membantu wanita hamil, kerahasiaan nya menunjukkan dia dipotong dari kain yang sama sebagai nya Pengantin-mantan. Sekarang dia harus membujuknya bahwa pertemuan mereka adalah lebih dari sekedar kesempatan — tapi takdir!KASEY MICHAELS adalah New York Times dan USA Today laris penulis buku-buku lebih dari enam puluh yang berkisar dari kontemporer untuk sejarah Roman. Penerima penulis roman Amerika RITA Award dan karir Achievement Award dari romantis Times Magazine, selain menulis untuk Silhouette, Kasey saat ini menulis fiksi kontemporer tunggal-judul dan romansa sejarah Kabupaten. Ketika ditanya tentang pekerjaannya untuk seri Colton, dia mengatakan bahwa dia jarang merasa begitu terlibat dalam proyek, satu dengan lingkup dan keragaman plot dan karakter.LANGAN RUTH, pemenang penghargaan, penulis buku laris lebih dari 60 buku, baik kontemporer dan bersejarah, telah digambarkan oleh romantis Times Magazine sebagai "master sejati di melibatkan emosi Anda, akan mereka tertawa atau menangis." Rut telah diberikan puluhan cetak, radio dan TV wawancara, termasuk Good Morning America dan CNN News, serta publikasi tersebut beragam sebagai Wall Street journal, Cosmopolitan dan Detroit Free Press. Itu harus jelas bagi semua pembaca bahwa Ruth Langan mencintai pekerjaannya dan hidup untuk menyenangkan pembaca. "Colton's pengantin" adalah sebuah cerita yang benar-benar menyentuh jantungnya. Ia berharap itu menyentuh semua milikmu, juga.CAROLYN ZANE mencintai untuk menulis cerita tentang kehamilan, seperti dia adalah salah satu para wanita kebencian yang terasa terbaik ketika dia mengharapkan. Sementara perempuan lain mungkin memiliki merana dengan penyakit pagi, Carolyn melahap barbekyu daging sapi sandwich dan kue coklat dengan es krim. Atau apa pun yang tidak dipakukan ke... dengan es krim. Suaminya, Matt, menjadi semacam mendukung, bergabung dengannya dalam kebiasaan es krim nya. Carolyn tahu betapa indahnya kehamilan seluruh hal benar-benar adalah, ia kemungkinan besar akan tidak menunggu enam belas tahun ke dalam pernikahannya untuk mencobanya dan akan memiliki lebih dari selusin anak-anak sekarang. Seperti itu, dia disimpan lebih dari sibuk dengan dua putri kecil indah, Madeline dan Olivia, dan anak angkatnya golden retriever Bob Barker.SAPPHIRE Pengantin oleh Kasey MichaelsCOLTON'S Pengantin oleh Ruth LanganDESTINY'S Pengantin oleh Carolyn ZaneBrides hak istimewaSAFIR BRIDEoleh Kasey MichaelsBab 1Lorraine Nealy terjebak kecil kuning panah pada halaman rapi diketik. "Di sini, sini dan di sini," Dia berkata agak tidak perlu saat ia kemudian ditempatkan setiap halaman pada desktop. Panah kertas yang mengatakan tanpa kata-kata "Tanda tangan di sini, badut" juga berlebihan, tetapi Harrison Colton tidak mengatakan apa-apa; ia hanya menandatangani pada setiap baris yang ditunjukkan. Istirahat Lorraine langkahnya dan dia unfailingly dimulai atas dari awal. Harrison hanya tentang dilakukan penandatanganan karya-karya dan gagasan kembali ke pergi tidak bagian dari rencananya."Lorraine," katanya pada akhirnya, sebagai asistennya pribadi — dia telah membuat sangat jelas dia bukanlah seorang Sekretaris — dikumpulkan kontrak, "apa yang akan saya lakukan tanpa Anda?""Anda akan layu dan mati, Mr Colton. Seluruh tempat akan jatuh ke bawah di sekitar telinga Anda. Itu tidak cukup, percayalah,"Lorraine menjawab tanpa ragu.Di tengah nya lima puluhan, Lorraine telah di Colton Media Holdings selama tiga puluh tahun dan telah meyakinkan diri bahwa dia adalah kunci yang diselenggarakan CMH bersama-sama. Ia telah asisten pribadi Frank Colton sampai Harrison's ayah telah melepaskan kendali cukup untuk membiarkan anak bungsu mengambil alih, dan sekarang ia berlari CMH melalui Harrison, seperti dia akan memberitahu siapa pun yang bertanya. Bahkan jika mereka tidak meminta.Harrison tersenyum, berdiri, mencapai untuk jaket olahraga angkatan laut-biru yang dia telah digantung di belakang kursi. "Dalam hal ini, saya mungkin aman meninggalkan awal hari ini, dengan CMH di tangan tersebut dapat diandalkan. Kecuali jika Anda sudah punya lebih banyak kertas bagi saya untuk menandatangani?""Tidak, semua dilakukan. Kerah Anda bengkok,"Lorraine ditambahkan, dan Harrison dengan cepat mencapai naik dan diluruskan, tergelincir the Windsor knot pada dasi bergaris merah-dan-angkatan laut kembali ke tempat juga. Pada tiga puluh satu, ia belum pernah mengadopsi kebijakan sendiri CMH kasual Jumat, meskipun ia sungguh-sungguh telah berlangganan sampai Jumat bekerja-di-rumah opsional. Dia hanya datang ke kantor untuk menandatangani kontrak, dan lebih dari siap untuk mendapatkan awal pada pekan nya.Perataan turun kerah, ia kemudian berlari tangan rambutnya hitam legam sebelum Lorraine bisa katakan kepadanyabahwa ia tampak seperti dia telah "naik keras dan meletakkan kaki basah," dan mengambil tasnya. "Saya minta,Bukankah aku, Lorraine?"Dia bertanya, sudah menuju pintu."Benar-benar..." Lorraine mulai, dan Harrison berhenti setengah jalan di seluruh hamparan luas krem Berber karpet, berbalik untuk melihat mata hijau hatinya mempersempit. "Tidak, tidak pernah pikiran. Aku akan menyingkirkan dirinya. Hanya pergikeluar pintu sisi.""Dia?" Harrison, tertarik terlepas dari dirinya sendiri, menembak cepat melihat ke arah pintu tertutup yang mengarah ke dariRozy di kantor dan ruang resepsi. "Dia siapa?"Lorraine menggenggam kontrak ke dadanya agak datar dan memutar matanya berair biru. "Dia yang memilikitelah duduk di kantor saya selama jam masa lalu, jelas tidak dapat mengambil petunjuk dan pergi. Itu padanya.""Pengangkatan tidak? Tidak, tentu saja tidak. Aku tidak membuat janji untuk Jumat sore. Tapi dia tidak meninggalkan? Wow. Lorraine, Anda harus kehilangan tepi Anda. Ketika Anda mengatakan tidak, kuat pria merasa ngeri. Saya tahu saya lakukan.""Saya mengatakan dia mungkin," Lorraine berkata sehingga diam-diam bahwa Harrison harus langkah lebih dekat untuk mendengarnya."Anda mengatakan mungkin," Harrison diulang, sungguh-sungguh terkesan. "Kamu tidak pernah mengatakan mungkin, Lorraine. Ya, tidak,tidak dalam mimpi terliar Anda. Tapi tidak pernah mungkin. Apa wanita ingin? Dia mengumpulkan untuk tunawisma pudel dan memukul tempat lembut Anda satu?""Ada pudel jarang tunawisma, Mr Colton," jawabnya erat. "Pudel nyata dicintai, dan hampir selalu menemukan rumah.""Ya," Harrison berkata, menyeringai. "Dengan Anda. Apa yang Anda, di hitungan terakhir? Sepuluh?""Enam, dengan semua dari mereka mengharapkan saya rumah pada jam berikutnya untuk memberi makan mereka, jadi jika Anda sudah selesai menyeret kaki Anda, silakan tinggalkan oleh pintu samping sehingga aku bisa pergi kembali ke luar sana dan jujur memberitahu wanita Hamilton ini bahwa Anda sudah untuk hari.""Wah," Harrison berkata, memegang lengan, menghalangi Lorraines keluar. "Apakah Anda mengatakan Hamilton? Annette Hamilton? Tidak, itu tidak bisa. Dia kini Annette O'Meara."Lorraine menarik sepotong kecil kertas dari saku nya dan memeriksanya sebelum berkata, "tidak Annette. Ini adalah Ms. Savannah Hamilton. Saya akan memberitahu dia sudah pergi. Anda ingin saya untuk mengatur janji suatu bulan depan?''Tidak, dia tidak ingin Lorraine untuk membuat janji untuk Ms. Savannah Hamilton untuk bulan depan. Apa yang ia ingin adalah untuk Lorraine untuk mengatur Ms. Savannah Hamilton berada di depan ruang angkasa menuju Mars. Dan pasti dengan perjalanan menjadi liburan keluarga nyata, sehingga Sam dan Annette pergi bersamanya.Harrison menggosok di rahang beliau ketika dia berjalan kembali ke meja dan meletakkan dalam tasnya. "Apa Apakah ia inginkan?""Apa yang mereka inginkan?" Lorraine berkata. "Pekerjaan. Mereka berpikir mereka dapat melakukan akhir berkeliling Departemen personalia, kelelawar musik blues besar bayi mereka pada Anda, dan memiliki byline mereka pada sebuah cerita dalam waktu enam bulan, mereka Pulitzer dalam tahun. Seperti saya katakan, saya akan menghilangkan nya. Aku harus menyingkirkan dirinya satu jam yang lalu.""Mengapa tidak Anda?"Lorraine mengangkat bahu bahu tipis. "Saya pikir Anda benar. Dia memiliki semacam tersesat-anjing atau anjing terluka melihat kepadanya. Semua berpakaian dan tempat untuk pergi. Dan ia tampaknya lebih senang berada di sini daripada aku melihat datang dan melihat dia berdiri di depan meja saya. Mungkin, saya pikir, dia tidak mencari pekerjaan. Mungkin dia sedang mencari sesuatu yang lain. Saya pikir saya bisa mendapatkan dia untuk menceritakan apa yang dia inginkan, tapi dia bilang itu adalah masalah pribadi dan saya tidak bisa mendapatkan dia berkata apa pun. Bahkan cookie selai buatan sendiri saya tidak bisa mendapatkan dia untuk berbicara.""Wow," Harrison mengatakan, tergelincir dari mantelnya olahraga dan berjalan di belakang meja. Mencoba untuk tetap terang, sehingga Lorraine tidak menduga apa pun, dia melanjutkan, "ketika selai kacang cookie tidak bekerja, tidak ada lagi tersisa. Thumbscrews, rak — tak satu pun dari mereka lebih kuat daripada cookie selai kacang. Saya terkejut Anda tidak menelepon keamanan dan memiliki Ms. Hamilton melemparkan keluar di belakang nya. ""Saya, juga," Lorraine berkata, tangannya pada gagang pintu. "Saya mengambil itu saya bisa santai sekarang dan Ms. Savannah Hamilton masalah pribadi tidak ada hubungannya dengan Colton tak terduga yang memasak dalam oven, karena Anda tampaknya benar-benar terkejut melihat dia, dan karena aku tahu kau anak yang baik. Kadang-kadang. Jadi, Anda akan melihat dia?"Harrison diturunkan dalam enam-kaki-dua inci bingkai ke kursi di belakang meja. Ia mengabaikan bagian pertama dari Lorraine's pidato kecil karena dia juga telah digunakan untuk nya ke objek. "Tetapi Anda dapat pulang setelah Anda telah menunjukkan dia di. Dan jangan khawatir. Aku mengambil tiga pelajaran karate ketika Jason dan aku masih anak-anak, jadi saya tidak berpikir ia akan mampu mengalahkan saya.""Ayah tidak pernah kurang ajar," Lorraine mengingatkannya. "Dia akan pernah membuat celah itu, atau satu tentang pantatku kacang