Six years ago, Angela Sullivan fled to a convent after her
reputation and virtue were destroyed by an unrepentant
rogue. Angela tries to follow the nuns' exemplary behavior
but restlessness envelops her. When a famous rake arrives
injured at the convent, Angela is assigned to care for the
worthless peer. The safety she felt at the convent
evaporates as the "Lord Invalid" flirts with her. Memories
of balls, dances and pretty clothes consume her thoughts,
along with the dangerous man who sets her on fire.
Phillip Kensington's past finally catches up with him.
Attacked and left for dead by men he owes a great deal of
money to, Phillip, the Marquis of Huntley, lands in a
convent with a beautiful angel caring for him. He flirts
and teases her until she tells him of her past. Phillip has
never been bothered by guilt for his actions, but seeing
the result that a callus man has inflicted sets Phillip on
a course of self-reflection. He has disappointed so many in
his life and the thought of disappointing Angela terrifies
him.
Betrayed by one man, Angela refuses to let Phillip break
her heart. If he wants her, Angela demands that he face his
past and accept it before he begins a future with her.
Ms. Rodale gives readers their money worth as she sets
multiple challenges and roadblocks before her characters
find happiness. She's creative in finding a solution for
her tortured hero to redeem himself and come to terms with
his past, yet still show the collateral damage his action
took on his innocent victims. It gives the tale a
bittersweet ending with readers glimpsing into the lives of
those women he wronged and the life they lead now. A solid
read that begs for another story from this author on the
minor character Lady Jane Grafton.
If Lord Phillip were not in pain, he’d consider himself
lucky to be in a hospital full of women, albeit nuns. His
reputation has preceded him, but as he stays on, his
thoughts of novitiate Angela Palmerston grow nobler—as her
thoughts of him become less than holy…
