The tall, lithe former stableboy couldn't negotiate his way out of a contract with his crusty uncle, Cal - he had to bring home a wife, and soon, or see Cal's share of the business Cole had created go to an undeserving relative. And now the pride of Dallas billionaires, Cole Harrison, was closing in on her with two crystal flutes and a bottle of champagne. So, after losing her fiancé to a blond Italian heiress and reading about it in a sleazy gossip paper, the lovely Diana felt obliged to make an appearance - if only to save face and to bolster her company's image.įoster's Beautiful Living magazine was her family's success story, and Diana knew that, single, childless, and suddenly "unengaged", she was not living up to its lucrative image of upscale domestic tranquility.Ī woman of gentle grace and kindness, Diana deeply valued her privacy and her dignity, both of which were at risk that night among certain rumor-driven socialites. The most lavish social event of the Houston season had brought out American aristocracy, Texas-style, in glittering array. When multinational tycoon Cole Harrison approached her on a moonlit balcony at the White Orchid Charity Ball, Diana Foster had no idea how extraordinary the night ahead would be. Now, with more than fourteen million books in print and seven New York Times bestsellers, Judith McNaught brings us her latest, most enthralling novel. a fine supporting cast" – Ocala Star-Banner.
Judith McNaught's last enchanting bestseller, Until You, was hailed as "brilliantly done and completely entertaining. It was to be the beginning of a dazzling, witty, dramatic, and romantic sequence of events in which every possible confusion was to take place. Sheridan was knocked unconscious on the quayside, and recovered to find herself in the handsome stranger's care, not knowing who she was. Lord Burleton, a drunkard and a wastrel, had been killed the night before. She was doubly shocked when she heard his news.
As she gazed at the tall, confident man before her, her courage failed. And Sheridan was left with the horrid task of telling Lord Burleton she had somehow misplaced his bride. But somehow everything went wrong.įor Miss Charise Lancaster, not over-gifted with intelligence, eloped with a stranger before she could meet her suitor. Now, at last, she could visit her family's country. When she was hired to act as chaperone to a pretty but spoilt heiress travelling to England to join an aristocratic fiance, Sheridan was delighted. Then, given over to the care of a strict maiden aunt, she was taught to be a lady-poor but genteel-and finally a teacher. Sheridan Bromleigh had spent most of her early life as a happy vagabond with her unruly American father and his vagrant friends. With her calm, cool wit, and the help of a man who may or may not be a dangerous catch, Kate vows to claim the life and love she desires. As the Chicago police tighten their net, it will take all of Kate’s ingenuity to clear her name. But after Kate tangles with the darkly charismatic Mitchell Wyatt, she finds herself cast in a shadow of guilt and mistrust. Kate Donovan never dreamed that a chance romantic encounter on a tropical island paradise would tag her as a suspect in a high-society murder case. Now suspicion has turned shockingly toward William’s own half-brother, the rather distant and enigmatic Mitchell Wyatt. The family, the police, the media–all have tried in vain to discover the young man’s fate. The only thing for certain: Foul play was involved. But on the eve of wealthy philanthropist Cecil Wyatt’s eightieth birthday, all the money in the world won’t bring back his missing grandson, William Wyatt.
Such opulence means success and, surely, happiness.
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High atop a snow-covered hill, the stately old Wyatt mansion is perched like a crown, its stone spires pointing upward, its stained glass windows glowing like colorful jewels. Will they be able to believe in each other - and grasp the tender miracle that is before them? Read online As tensions build between them, bittersweet memories rise to the surface, leaving them suspicious, restless, and uncertain. Now, as the Bancroft firm is threatened by a hostile takeover, Meredith is forced to confront Matt.
Now world leaders courted him, the media watched his every move, and he was ready to move in on the Bancroft empire.Ī cool, poised executive in her family's legendary department store chain, Meredith had once defied her father for the sexually magnetic, intense Matt Farrell - and their brief, ill-fated marriage was the disastrous outcome. A long way from the country club where, feeling like an outsider, he had dared to fall in love with a beautiful blonde named Meredith Bancroft, and known a once-in-a-lifetime passion and betrayal that still haunted his memory. Corporate raider Matthew Farrell had come a long way from the poor, scruffy kid of Indiana's steel mills.
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