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Julianna Redmere, poised on her wedding day in a silk gown at her parents’ Yorkshire estate, discovers that she has never met her betrothed, Lord Carlton. Rumored to be a rakehell who seeks only procreation, he threatens the love Julianna craves.
Sensing danger, she flees, galloping off the estate’s stables into the nearby village. There she is rescued by Edward Fitzpaine, a gentleman in service to a distressed lady, who arranges a carriage and conceals his true identity.
In fact, Fitzpaine is Lord Carlton, who has devised a ruse to win over his elusive bride. As Julianna's heart battles her desire for love against the man’s hidden motives, she faces a choice that could alter both their destinies during the Regency era.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Valerie King
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