She promised her sister she'd marry a stranger.
Sarah Clark never planned on marriage-certainly not to a stranger. But when her sister's dying wish asks Sarah to take her place as a proxy bride, Sarah finds herself torn between loyalty and conscience. Deceiving her sister's would-be husband feels impossible...especially once she begins to fall for him.
He never planned to marry at all.
Levi Nelsen has given up on finding a wife. After two failed attempts at securing a bride, he's resigned to bachelorhood. That is, until his attorney brother tricks him into signing a proxy marriage certificate. Suddenly Levi has a wife he never expected-and isn't sure he wants.
Can two hearts bound by duty learn to love for real?
Drawn together by circumstance but divided by secrets, Sarah and Levi must decide if a marriage born of deception can grow into something genuine. Or will the truth destroy their chance at love before it even begins?
A Groom by Surprise is a wholesome, proxy bride, Christian western historical romance that can be read as a standalone.A Groom By Surprise was previously published under the title A Bride for Levi.