Dear Mrs. Balogh,
Now for the second report of the double-header. Wow, I really loved this book! Great follow-up to “Dark Angel.”
Love has not been kind to Samantha Newman, but friendship has. When her emotions are rubbed raw by the reappearance in her life of a villain who had broken her heart some years before, she turns with gratitude to the kindly Hartley Wade, with whom she had developed a warm friendship when she mistook him for a gardener during a visit to the country. She accepts his proposal, expecting a quiet, safe, undemanding marriage. She does not know that Hartley is the Marquess of Carew and that he loves her passionately–and believes she returns his feelings.
Carew-God, I love this man. He doesn’t whine or pity himself. He makes the best of what he has. And no false cure for his physical problems! He’s willing to try to forgive Lionel (boo, hiss) but when the chips are down, he defends himself and his lady. And he does a mean garden. I’d love to have him come take a look at mine. He seems like he’s going to make a wonderful father and would be kind …
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