Free Confessions of a Mail Order Bride - Complete by Kate Kent Page A

you stick to matches that were at least six hearts or more. My former co-worker Sherry and her lion shifter, Adrian, had been a ten-heart match, which was the best you could get.
    My heart dropped as I looked at the heart match for Brad and me—only three hearts were filled with red!
     

CHAPTER TWO
     
    There must be another glitch with the ‘Luscious Lads and Ladies’ site, I decided. Brad and I seemed to be a perfect match. I scrolled back to the email I’d opened earlier from ‘Luscious Lads and Ladies’. It said my perfect match was in the attachment. 
    I had assumed it would be Brad. I clicked on the attachment and opened it. A man stared back at me. He was scruffy, with long, dirty blond hair and a dimpled grin. It listed his name as Evan Myles. What the heck? I read his profile. It shared that he was a bear shifter and part owner of the ‘Crazy Cakes Bakery’ in Shifter Villages. I just didn’t get it. I liked men who were brokering big business deals, not baking cupcakes and brownies. And looks wise…well, he was scruffy as heck. He looked like he needed to visit Adrian, Sherry’s barber fiancé, for a haircut and shave. I was sure Brad was the right match for me, but just for kicks I decided to look at the bottom of the page and see how much of a heart match Evan and I were.
    As I moved my cursor farther down the page, yet another scruffy man who looked like he needed some serious grooming stared back at me. He had to be the twin of the first man; they looked so much alike. But this man was even scruffier, with longer blonde hair. A chin cleft softened his serious expression. The bio said he was a bear shifter named Grant Myles and part owner with his twin brother, Evan, of the ‘Crazy Cakes Bakery’. 
    I scrolled to the bottom of the page. There was one single row of ten hearts and every heart was filled with red. The Luscious site actually thought I was a ten heart match with one of these bear shifters. I wondered which one. Oh well, it really didn’t matter. It had to be a glitch of some sort. Maybe they were nice guys, but they were certainly not my type.
    I closed the attachment and looked at the other emails in my box. There were several from Evan and several from Grant Myles sent through the Luscious website. I knew they were each looking to find a mate, but I didn’t bother to read them. Why take the time? I liked to work smarter, not harder. I’d already met Mr. Perfect on the site and I had to get back to work.
    Brad…he was so hot, handsome, and successful. I was sure he was the man of my dreams. I knew Sherry had invited the whole town to her wedding and I was betting Brad was going to be there. I couldn’t wait to meet him!
     
    ~*~
     
    “Damn! That’s too bad. Are you sure you can’t go?” I finished tucking my red silk dress in my suitcase as I talked to Jill.
    “I’m sorry, Judith, but my mom is not feeling well. I really wanted to go to the wedding, but if something happened to my mom and I wasn’t with her…I’d just be sick about it.”
    “We’ll miss you, Jill. I know Sherry will be disappointed you couldn’t make it,” I sighed. Jill lived at home with her overbearing mother. The woman played up a lot and liked to keep Jill under her thumb. She didn’t want to let Jill out of her sight. It was amazing she didn’t kick up a fuss when Jill went to work. Maybe it was possible Jill’s mom really was sick, but more likely she just wanted Jill around for the weekend. Well, there was nothing I could do about it.
    I finished packing my things and headed out to the car. It was rare for me to take time off from my job—I tended to be a workaholic. Usually when I took a vacation I would be itching to get back to work before I even left on my trip, but not this time. Brad was on my mind. I couldn’t stop thinking about him and imagining our life together. I couldn’t wait to get to know him.
    After emailing him back and forth, I’d arranged to take several days off