Leigh Michaels

The Duke of Somervale's sister is planning the wedding of the year - but the guests are in the mood for affairs, not vows The Duke needs the help of beautiful, stubborn Olivia Reyne to fight off the debutantes who have taken over his country estate. Olivia's willing to help - at a price which will secure the future for her small daughter. Penny Townsend sees the wedding as her last chance to salvage her arranged marriage and turn it into something more than a matter of convenience. And vicar's daughter Kate Blakeley needs a job - and fast - before she gives in to the tempting presence of her first love... A country house full of scandal unfolds in The Wedding Affair.

Though early settlement in Iowa followed the rivers, it was the advent of the railroads, starting in the late 1850s, which opened up the remainderof the state for development -- bringing goods to residents and sending their crops and products out to the world. Railroads formed the backbone of middle America, with dozens of trains -- freight and passenger -- reaching out to nearly every small town in the region. This collection of photographs from the 1800s to the present day celebrates the railroads and railroaders of southeast Iowa.