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The Reluctant Suitor by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

By Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

"For so long as she will take into account, woman Adriana Sutton has loved Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been promised by way of an contract of courtship and betrothal when you consider that early life. As a tender woman, she was once wounded through Colton's obdurate refusal to conform along with his father's needs and through his indignant departure. He used to be too proud and too obdurate to simply accept a destiny no longer of his personal selecting. instead of put up, he fled from his ancestral domestic for a lifetime of experience and threat as an officer within the British military.

The years were immensely type to girl Adriana. now not the apparent, skinny tomboy Colton had spurned, she has blossomed into an unusual attractiveness wanted through approximately each eligible bachelor within the land. but the one guy she wishes is the embellished hero who has ultimately come domestic to say his rightful name. smug, unmoved, and seductive as ever, he continues to be averse to the belief in their betrothal even with his growing to be hope for her.

To reveal his trust that love can't be pressured, Colton concurs to court docket girl Adriana for 90 days, and then time he'll be allowed to maintain his necessary freedom if he so needs. yet a lot has replaced due to the fact he balked at his father's plans. compelled right into a courtship with this attractive, lively girl, who's as varied this day from the younger chit he left in the back of as spring is to iciness, the heroic center that used to be closed to Adriana is moved by means of her allure, her grace, and her sensuality ... and starts off to yield. yet a mystery from Colton's prior may possibly doom their burgeoning love ... at the same time the treacherous schemes of a sinister rival threaten to scouse borrow the amazing woman from his fingers perpetually.

A lush and spellbinding tale of ardour and betrayal that grandly sweeps the reader into the excellent ballrooms and intimate boudoirs of Regency England, *The Reluctant Suitor* is romance as merely the incomparable Kathleen Woodiwiss can carry it -- a love tale that might reside within the reader's middle and reminiscence perpetually and stand proudly as one of many author's very best.
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The voice speculated with amusement. "If the gentlemen will remove themselves from the carriage for just a moment, we won't keep them longer than it takes to relieve them of their purses," the highwayman invited politely. The Duke looked at the pistols pointed at his heart, and shrugging at the Contessa's frightened face and Lord Wrainton's outraged one, he climbed from the carriage, pausing briefly as he saw the tartan sash of the highwayman before stepping carefully into the muddy roadway. "Well, well, if it isn't my scar-faced friend from the party.

This time she has outmaneuvered me and I must swallow my pride and give in gracefully. I have no other choice if I wish to own my ancestral home, and I have vowed that no one but I shall inherit it. So, I find myself in the position of being engaged to the Lady Blanche Delande, the Dowager Duchess's choice as a perfect wife for me, despite my feelings to the contrary. " Sir Jeremy felt a twinge of unease as he stared at his friend's haughty profile, the sherry-colored eyes narrowed reflectively and the finely chiseled lips curved in an unpleasant smile.

Not much to look at I'm afraid. It's just a small Elizabethan manor house, and I haven't even seen it in Lord knows how many years, come to think of it. " he speculated idly. "Caro, we should pay a visit to this little house," the Contessa suggested, then turning to the Duke explained, "You see, I am the Marquis' third wife, and as yet I have not met his family. " she demanded with a frown. " Lord Wrainton shrugged carelessly. " "You obviously haven't seen your children in some time," the Duke commented sardonically.

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