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When Joanna Winterton's fiancé is murdered, she finds it difficult to mourn him as she barely knew her betrothed and had little admiration for what she did know of him. She retreats to the Lake District in the hope that the world will have forgotten her loss by the time she returns.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Emily Hendrickson
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