Twins separated at birth by a zealot are summoned for revenge with identical anonymous notes 30 years later.
3rd in The Rogues Club Series
Zebra
October 2003
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Featuring: Reed Gilbride; Chastity Somers
320 pages ISBN: 0821774689 EAN: 9780821774687 Paperback Add to Wish List
Twins--later named William Somers and Reed Gilbride--are separated at birth by a zealot, and summoned for revenge with identical anonymous notes 30 years later.
Former nun Chastity Somers arrives in place of her recently-wed and recently-dead husband, and ends up rescuing William's young relatives from a workhouse. She is given the Sunnyledge estate by the estate's executor for the children's home she's always wanted--unless a true heir arrives to claim it before three months are up.
Enter heir-apparent Reed Gilbride, who detests children after having cared for his step-siblings, but must reside at Sunnyledge with them in order to search for the proof of his claim. Reed and Chastity strike a bargain. He will care for the property and show her how to care for the children--nuns had their worldly needs seen to but learned nothing of the practical nature of life. Reed and Chastity will only search together. He wants to be sure she doesn't destroy the proof of his birth, and she wants to be certain he manufactures none.
Chastity's wards, Matthew, Mark, Luke and Rebekah, brigands all, in Reed's estimation, work their way into his cold Rogue's heart, while Chastity--the woman he sets out to seduce--gives him a few amazing lessons, ones he'll never forget.