In the distant future, a pestilence has made it impossible for females to be born. By alchemy, humanity survives, drawing women from the past through portraits. When the aged Patriarch of this stringent society requires a new heir, his artisan son paints Jordan's portrait, enabling him to abduct her into his world.

However, Jordan is not a compliant bride, refusing to submit to what is demanded of her, and falling for the son instead of the father. Moreover, it appears that she is a key to understanding the disease that altered the world.

Yet, though society has been forced to change, mankind has not, and solving a problem would be bad for business, therefore, Jordan is a potential liability.

Built upon an intriguingly original premise, this book both entertains and makes accurate social commetaries on the state of life. Ms. Forbes proves that she is as much of an artiste as her hero.

Synopsis
What if there were no daughters, no women, no wives? What if an artist could capture the femininity, the sensuality, the very spirit of his subjects? An artist so skilled and dedicated that he could paint the sweet curve of a cheek, the fire in a flashing eye, the lush promise of every man’s fantasy and bring her to life, transported from another place and time, ready for the marriage bed of wealthy patrons. What if such a man accepted the honor of creating a consort for his own father, a queen for his people, yet found her irresistible loveliness a temptation too powerful to resist? For this was no pliant, submissive female, but a brilliant scientist, a bold innovator, a daring lover. And her retrieval from modern-day Philadelphia would forever change Blackfell and the Pygmalion who dared to create his ideal...

...Portrait of a Bride