Beyond Reach

Author's Note: This work is clean. "I'm marrying Garner, and I want you to be my maid of honor!" Chanda can't believe her cousin would get involved with the man she left behind, not to mention marry him. How can Chanda return home with the secrets she's kept from Garner all this time? How can she wish her self-centered and manipulative cousin happiness? Trying her best to be a good person, Chanda goes along with the plan.
She'll zip into town, do the deed, and get out fast. Too bad everyone is against the marriage, including Garner's family. Everyone's pushing for Chanda to rekindle things with her old love. And Garner? He's as sweet as he used to be, as gentle, as pushy about looking after her. From the first night, she's tempted to walk into his arms and stay there. Surely, Garner is over her by now. And yet, that look in his eyes says she was wrong for leaving, and maybe she should stay.