But she hadn't given much thought to who might come to the aid of the reluctant bride.

The priest in his feathers encouraged the audience to applaud as the last reluctant bride, me, joined the grouping around the nearly naked man.

"A most reluctant bride to leave him lonely in his hour of need."

"Most of the users we are talking to are not reluctant brides."

And to start with a reluctant bride blackmailed into marriage.

The lily-swatting reluctant bride married off to the highest bidder becomes a tender spouse who never loses her own temper.

"I come a reluctant bride of Christ."

'We are the reluctant bride in this union,' said one senior manager.

That still left Beverly to face the reluctant bride on her own, something she wasn't looking forward to.

And guard her," he warned Jaime, though his gaze remained fixed on his reluctant bride.