New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh returns to the seductive world she knows so wellâRegency Englandâin a new novel filled with her trademark wit, sensuality, and breathtaking storytelling. With this, the first in a dazzling new quartet of novels, Balogh invites us into a special worldâa select academy for young ladiesâa world of innocence and temptation. Drawing us into the lives of four women, teachers at Miss Martinâs School for Girls, Balogh introduces this novelâs marvelous heroine: music teacher Frances Allardâand the man who seduces her with a passion no woman could possibly forget.â¦
They meet in a ferocious snowstorm. She is a young teacher with a secret past. He is the cool, black-caped stranger who unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Between these two unlikely strangers, desire is instantaneousâ¦and utterly impossible to resist. Stranded together in a rustic country inn, Lucius Marshall, who is the Viscount Sinclair, and Frances Allard share a night of glorious, unforgettable passion. But Frances knows her placeâand it is far from the privileged world of the sensual aristocrat. Due to begin her teaching position at Miss Martinâs School in Bath, Frances must try to forget that one extraordinary nightâand the man who touched her with such exquisite tenderness and abandon.
But Frances cannot hide forever. And when fate once again throws them together, Lucius refuses to take no for an answer. If Frances will not be his wife, he will make her his mistress. So begins an odyssey fraught with intrigue, one that defies propriety and shocks the straitlaced ton. For Luciusâs passionate, single-minded pursuit is about to force Frances to give up all her secretsâexcept oneâto win the heart of the man she already loves.
Once again this incomparable storyteller captures a time and a place like no other. And in Lucius and Frances, Mary Balogh gives us her most unlikely lovers yetâa nobleman in search of the perfect wife and an unconventional woman willing to risk everything for an unforgettable love.
Categories:
- Romance
- Historical
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Author : Balogh, Mary
Language : English
Edition : Book 1&2 in One Volume
Published :2005-03-29
Number Of Pages : 352
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0385338228
ISBN-13 : 9780385338226
Item weight : 1.3 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 6.3 in x 9.3 in
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