![]() ![]() “With characters you care about, clever banter, a roguish hero and a captivating heroine, Justiss has written a charming and sensual love story.” “Justiss captures the true essence of the Regency period…The characters come to life with all the proper mannerisms and dialogue as they waltz around each other in a ‘most unconventional’ courtship.” ![]() His sleepy body roused abruptly to full attention. But though her body was short and slender, this was no girl he held in his arms, but a woman. As he gathered her up, glancing about him to determine where to deposit his soggy burden, he realized his first impression had been wrong.īefore she fainted, he’d noted little more than large dark eyes, a determined little chin and the fact that she was dripping all over the carpet. ![]() The disapproval on the face of the tall man by the hearth was the last thing she saw before the images dissolved and she slipped into blackness.Ĭonsternation tempering his irritation, Ned hastened to catch the girl before her head hit the wooden floor. Her empty purse.She felt as if she were swaying in a high wind. In her dazed and exhausted mind, images swirled before her eyes: the rain-swept road. Pushing past the butler, Joanna stumbled over the threshold, her chilled body drawing her like a moth to the flames dancing on the hearth. ![]()
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