Harlequin HQN
Featuring: Lady Bernadette Marie Burton; Matthew Joseph Milton
384 pages ISBN: 0373776462 EAN: 9780373776467 Kindle: B00835TMW6 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Raised as a gentleman, Matthew Milton's life changes when
it is discovered his father's friend is swindling money
from their newspaper and Matthew and his father loses
everything. Forced to adjust to a life in the slums of New
York, Matthew leaves behind the gentleman he is to lead
the rag-tag group of ruffians that make up the Forty
Thieves. Now in London, Matthew's life is about to change
again. One chance meeting with Lady Bernadette and Matthew
can't help but think of all the things that his life may
have if he lives the life of a gentleman.
Lady Bernadette Marie Burton may be the richest widow in
England, but that doesn't make up for all the lonely years
she spent with her much older husband. Now free to do as
she pleases, Bernadette craves the kind of passion she's
only dreamed about; the type of passion that's eluded her
until she meets Matthew. Separated by wealth and status,
Bernadette is determined to have a life which includes
Matthew, but Matthew's honor dictates he first become the
kind of man he deems worthy of Bernadette. With such a huge
gap between their worlds, will these socially divided
lovers ever be?
FOREVER A LADY, the second book in the amazing Delilah
Marvelle's Rumor series, is as engrossing as it's
predecessor. The thing I love about Marvelle's books is
that her characters are rarely conventional. In FOREVER A
LADY, not only is Bernadette older than Matthew, but you
also have the reverse Cinderella, where Matthew is not just
poor, he's also a criminal. Yet she makes the characters
work wonderfully. Marvelle does a great job of bringing to
life the seedy side of New York during that time period as
well, transporting you to the gritty and dangerous streets
of Five Points. If you're looking for an outside-the-box
historical or just a great read, FOREVER A LADY will
satisfy both those wants and more.
TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES, ONE COMMON DESIRE... Lady Bernadette
Marie Burton may be the richest widow in England, but like
her dreams of finding true passion, her reputation is
deteriorating. Cruel gossip, loneliness and hoards of
opportunistic suitors have her believing Society couldn't be
more vile...or dangerous. So when an attacker threatens her
life, she finds safety in the most unseemly of places: the
arms of a mysterious, Irish-American gang leader. His
fortune stolen, young Matthew Joseph Milton is done playing
the respectable gentleman. In the slums of New York, only
ruffians thrive. But from the moment he arrives in London
and encounters the voluptuous Lady Bernadette, he can't help
but wonder about the finer pleasures he's missing. Or just
how much he's willing to risk-not only to bed her, but to
prove his worth....
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