Written In The Heart. Judith Stacy
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Название: Written In The Heart

Автор: Judith Stacy

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Историческая литература

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      “Are you all right? Did something happen?”

      “Nothing’s wrong.” She turned away. Nothing, except that her pulse was racing from what she’d just seen.

      “Why are you out here?”

      He stopped beside her. She felt the heat from his body and knew he was close.

      “I just…”

      She glanced back at him, and that one tiny glimpse drew her uncontrollably. His hair was ruffled. Whiskers darkened his chin. He’d closed the center button on his shirt, but that was all. The tail flapped in the breeze. The cuffs were open. Black crinkly hair covered his chest. His broad, bare chest.

      “What are you doing out here?” Stephen asked.

      Never—ever—in her entire life, in all the countries she’d lived, in all the circumstances she’d found herself, had Caroline once wanted to press her hands against a man’s chest. Until now….

      Dear Reader,

      This month our exciting medieval series KNIGHTS OF THE BLACK ROSE continues with The Rogue by Ana Seymour, a secret baby story in which rogue knight Nicholas Hendry finds his one true love. Judith Stacy returns with Written in the Heart, the delightful tale of an uptight California businessman who hires a marriage-shy female handwriting analyst to solve some of his company’s capers. In Angel of the Knight, a medieval novel by Diana Hall, a carefree warrior falls deeply in love with his betrothed, and does all he can to free her from a family curse. Talented newcomer Mary Burton brings us A Bride for McCain, about a mining millionaire who enters a marriage of convenience with the town’s schoolteacher.

      Whatever your taste in reading, you’ll be sure to find a romantic journey back to the past between the covers of a Harlequin Historicals novel. We hope you’ll join us next month, too!

      Sincerely,

      Tracy Farrell,

      Senior Editor

      Written in the Heart

      Judith Stacy

      

www.millsandboon.co.uk

      Available from Harlequin Historicals and JUDITH STACY

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      To Judy and Stacy—thanks for always listening

      To David—thanks for always being there

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

      Chapter One

      Los Angeles, California

      April 26, 1896

      Surely there was an easier way for a woman to get work.

      Caroline Sommerfield shifted on the leather seat of the hansom cab, mentally rehearsing the speech she’d prepared. She’d waited weeks for this chance. She wasn’t about to waste it. Even if it meant sneaking around and lying about her whereabouts tonight.

      “Who is it you’re visiting, Caroline?”

      Across the darkened hansom Caroline heard her cousin’s voice. She hadn’t wanted Sophie to come along with her tonight. But since they’d both been leaving their aunt’s at the same time she couldn’t reasonably protest.

      “A friend,” Caroline said. “A sick friend.”

      “I didn’t realize you knew anyone in the city but family,” Sophie said.

      “I’ve met a few others,” Caroline said.

      Sophie was quiet, so Caroline figured she’d accepted her lie as fact. Which was good, because Caroline wasn’t particularly adept at telling less СКАЧАТЬ