The Substitute Bride & the Gladiator: A 2-In-1 Collection/Janet Dean

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Description Enjoy two stories of strength and hope in days gone by from Love Inspired Historical The Substitute Bride by Janet Dean Fleeing an arranged marriage, Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can't be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father's gambling debts. But Ted Logan's rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children are more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. And how can she tell Ted the truth about her past? Little does she know, Ted's hiding secrets of his own... The Gladiator by Carla Capshaw Should anyone learn she is a Christian, slave Pelonia Valeria will be executed. Her faith threatens not only herself, but her master, legendary gladiator Caro Viriathos. Can she convince a man who found fame through unforgiving brutality to show mercy? And when she's ultimately given the choice, will Pelonia choose freedom or the love of a gladiator?