Excerpt
from LADY LOST
Lilian would never forget the first time she encountered Marcus Dunford.
He was naked and glistening with sweat and the most glorious thing she had ever
seen.
Not entirely naked. Had that been the case, she might have fainted dead
away and been discovered, no doubt from the thump that would have sounded when
she hit the marble floor.
If only her mother could live a few years longer, the girls would be
financially set. Their grandmother had settled quite a large sum of money aside
for her only grandchildren, but it would only be available to them after they
turned twenty-five, and that was seven long years away. Lilian would have
happily lived in Cornwall in their little manor house if only her mother would
live just a bit longer. But she would not. As much as Lilian tried to deny the
truth, it was difficult to ignore that Anne was withering away before her very
eyes and it wouldn’t be long before she was bedridden.
Which was why Lilian would say yes if the Duke of Weston proposed and
also why, when she saw him talking to another gentleman in the hall, she
quickly ducked into the nearest room and hid. Not very adult of her, but there
it was. And there she was when two strapping young men entered the room,
unbeknownst to Lilian, bragging about which one could do more push-ups.
Lilian had hidden herself behind the curtains of a bow window and was
quite obscured by bushes from anyone who might pass by outside and by the heavy
velvet curtain from anyone inside. What she hadn’t realized was how very warm
she would be in her little hothouse of a hiding place. She quickly became
drowsy, and fell asleep, only to be awakened by the low tones of two men, one
of whom was counting.
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BLURB:
LADY LOST
Seek, and
love will find . . .
All
Marcus Granton wants is to be left alone to lick his wounds after the
humiliating scandal of his wife’s death in another man’s bed. Secluded in his
moldering seaside estate on the cliffs of the North Sea, he suddenly finds
himself host to Lady Lilian Martin, one small child, and an annoying cache of
servants all bent on ruining his solitude. Seems the lady got herself into a
bit of a pickle and is accused of murder, of all things. Now she must rely on
him for protection—and to keep his thoughts and hands away from her delectable
body.
Lilian
has no intention of spending any more time with the insufferable Lord Marcus
Granton than she has to. But at every turn, circumstances force her into his
company, and by the time she’s ready to make her escape, it's far too late for
her . . . and her heart.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Jane
Goodger lives in Rhode Island with her husband and three children. Jane, a
former journalist, has written seven historical romances. When she isn’t
writing, she’s reading, walking, playing with her kids, or anything else
completely unrelated to cleaning a house.
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