The Wedding Series Box Set Two (The Runaway Bride and The Christmas Princess, Books 4-5) - The Wedding Series, #11

A runaway bride goes west, and a royal introduction in D. C. Revisit the characters you've come to love in Prelude to a Wedding, Wedding Party and Grady's Wedding in this boxed set duo. Paul Monroe's little sister, Judi, leaves her groom at the altar and runs off to Wyoming in The Runaway Bride, Book 4 of USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's acclaimed The Wedding Series. In Book 5, the series takes another turn as April Gareaux, who has left Lake Forest, Illinois, the Roberts family and their friends to strike out on her own, winds up alone in Washington, D.
C., for the holidays. Who would ever guess that April would soon become wrapped up in royal intrigue?Book 4, The Runaway BrideJust before her walk down the aisle, Judi Monroe learns that marrying Sterling Carroll might be a big mistake. Escaping her socialite wedding in Lake Forest, she heads west, covering her tracks as she went. In an isolated corner of Wyoming, she swerves into a tree to avoid hitting a horse and rider on the road.
She's rescued by that lone ranger - rugged rancher Thomas Vance.  Needing time to puzzle out the predicament she'd left behind in Illinois, Judi lands in the arms of a doubting Thomas, a man with a strong jaw, deep-green eyes and a commanding presence. When Judi dodges his personal questions, Thomas' half-sister Becky suggests amnesia.  Judi seizes on this foot in the Diamond V door, and stays on as a caretaker for Thomas' beloved grandmother.
As for Thomas, he knows this impostor is lying, and it wouldn't be the first time an outsider betrayed his family.  Yet he's intrigued by this sexy, independent, smart woman who has lassoed his heart. Book 5, The Christmas PrincessThe coming Christmas season isn't looking great for April Gareaux. Her job is uninspiring, her engagement is off, and she has nowhere to live. Certainly her family would take her in, or their circle of friends who have become her extended family.
But it's time she stops relying on them. Then comes an extraordinary offer - spend the holidays in Washington with King Jozef of Bariavak as his possible long-lost granddaughter. Even more extraordinary is the man behind the offer and the one who will be beside her through the coming weeks, Hunter Pierce. This is the last assignment Hunter would pick. Determination and grit have moved him beyond his past in Bariavak.
Yet, here it is standing in front of him again, refusing to be ignored.