Texan's luck

"His father may have bought Lacy for him in a "Wife Lottery," but Captain Walker Larson had no desire for a bride. But when Walker is ordered by the military to protect his wife from a killer, he wonders if their marriage was a far better gamble than either of them had imagined."@en
"When his father buys him a bride during a wife lottery, Captain Walker Larson, who has an aversion to marriage, sends her back home, but fate intervenes and brings the unlikely couple back together three years later when her life is threatened."@en
"His father may have bought Lacy for him in a "Wife Lottery," but Captain Walker Larson had no desire for a bride--even one as captivating as the one standing before him. But when Walker is ordered by the military to protect his wife from a killer, he finds himself wondering if their marriage was a far better gamble than either of them had imagined."
"When his father buys him a bride during a wife lottery, Captain Walker Larson, who has an aversion to marriage, sends her back home, but fate intervenes and brings the unlikely couple back together three years later when her life is threatened--Novelist."