Synopses & Reviews
Jasper Renshaw, Viscount Vale, has a problem: he needs to marry and produce an heir to the title. All Jasper wants is to find a lady who will put up with him long enough to wed so he can retreat to his life of debauchery--a life that keeps the haunting memories of his past at bay. Knowing that Jasper is under pressure to marry, Melisande Flemming grasps her fate with both hands and volunteers to wed him. Although Jasper is initially only interested in producing an heir, he soon becomes entranced by his wife--prim and proper by day, wanton by night-- and vows to learn her secrets.
Melissande, however, is determined to keep her husband at a distance. She has loved, and lost, before, and will do anything to keep him from learning her terrible weakness: she's secretly been in love with him for years. But to her chagrin, her husband pursues her, wooing her as if she were a paramour, not his lady wife. As Melissande and Jasper embark on a passionate game of cat and mouse, secrets from the past begin to resurface.... threatening to tear them asunder.
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"Hoyt expertly sifts a generous measure of danger into the latest intriguing addition to her Four Soldiers, Georgian-era series . . and her ability to fuse wicked wittiness with sinfully sensual rormance is stunning."--Booklist
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"There's enchantment in Hoyt's stories that makes you believe in the magic of love."--Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine
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"The new master of the historical romance genre."--HistoricalRomanceWriters.com
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"A sexy, steamy treat!"--Connie Brockway, USA Today bestselling author on THE RAVEN PRINCE
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"Elizabeth Hoyt writes with flair, sophistication, and unstoppable passion."--Julianne MacLean, author of PORTRAIT OF A LOVER
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"Elizabeth Hoyt is definitely setting the standard for breathtaking historical romances."--RomanceJunkiesReviews.com
Synopsis
THE ONE THING HE CANNOT REVEAL
For years, Melisande Fleming has loved Lord Vale from afar . . . watching him seduce a succession of lovers, and once catching a glimpse of heartbreaking depths beneath his roguish veneer. When he's jilted on his wedding day, she boldly offers to be his.
TO THE ONE WOMAN HE MOST DESIRES
Vale gladly weds Melisande, if only to produce an heir. But he's pleasantly surprised: A shy and proper Lady by day, she's a wanton at night, giving him her body-though not her heart.
IS HIS DEEPEST NEED . . .
Determined to learn her secrets, this sinner starts to woo his seductive new wife-while hiding the nightmares from his soldiering days in the Colonies that still haunt him. Yet when a deadly betrayal from the past threatens to tear them apart, Lord Vale must bare his soul to the woman he married . . . or risk losing her forever.
Synopsis
Romance and adventure continue in the second sensual historical romance in Hoyt's Legend of the Four Soldiers series. Jasper Renshaw, Viscount Vale, must marry. Melisande Flemming volunteers to wed him. Although Jasper is initially only interested in producing an heir, he soon becomes entranced by his wife and vows to learn her secrets. Original.
About the Author
Elizabeth Hoyt lives in central Illinois with three untrained dogs, two angelic, but bickering children, and one long-suffering husband.