Bride to a Stranger... When Chris Tarleton awoke in the bed of Marcus diMedici, she knew she was lost. Despite her claim that she wanted nothingmore than to wed a di Medici man, she hadn't intended to marry Marcus - eventhough she loved him. The past was too clouded. Years ago his father haddied at the hands of an unknown assailant, and now Chris's own life wasthreatened by a shadowed figure who used the canals and passages of Veniceas weapons. Marcus said he intended only to protect her, but that didn'tchange the fact that her husband was a stranger, one she might not live longenough to know.