Originally published 10-21-08 in e-book format.
SummaryTrue love sees with the heart.
Now that his best friend is blissfully married, Severus
Granville, Earl of Swithland, finds himself dealing with a
wholly unfamiliar urge—to settle down and produce an
heir. But among the bevy of beauties vying for his
attention, none hold his interest except for one: Penelope.
Clumsy, intelligent, appealing Penelope is the one woman
with whom he could escape...but she's expected to marry another.
Afraid she'll be labeled an unmarriageable bluestocking,
Penelope's family forces her to go without her badly needed
spectacles in public, and to hide her intelligence. Though
she has loved Severus for years, the best she can hope for
is a loveless union with a perfectly suitable—and
perfectly boring—cousin. Except Severus seems to have
changed his mind.
Hours spent in his rooftop observatory leads to a passion
neither of them expected. Yet just as their eyes are opened
to the possibility of lasting love, Penelope is snatched
away, a pawn in a plot to destroy her family and make her a
slave to a man she hardly knows.
If he wants to keep his heart's treasure, Severus will have
to fight for her with everything within him—mind, body
and soul.
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