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Lady Francesca St. Ives—known as Lady Fanny Wentworth—has spent years in exile after a divorce shrouded in scandal. With only her aunt Clarissa and Uncle John for support, she returns to England aboard a ship from Calais. During the voyage, she and her aunt rescue a girl named Charlotte from thieves, meeting her father, the handsome yet proud Colonel Sir Derek Sheldon. Though affectionate toward the child, Fanny resists the Colonel’s charms. When an illness confines her at the Sheldon estate, their proximity sparks a romance, forcing her to decide whether to entrust her heart—and her buried secrets—to him.
Set against the backdrop of Regency England and the exotic locales of India, the novel explores themes of redemption, reputation, and the search for a new life free from past judgments.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Patricia Oliver
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