Authors: The Runaway Duke
Julie Anne Long (32 page)
Dear Reader,
Like spin-the-bottle, love can be a complete game of chance. So pucker up—you never know when the bottle will stop and your Prince Charming will reveal himself. Just ask Analise Abbott and Rebecca Tremaine in our two Warner Forever titles this August.
Karen Robards raves “
Susan Crandall
is an up-and- coming star”. Prepare to be dazzled for her latest,
MAGNOLIA SKY
, is going to sweep you off your feet. Luke Boudreau has been agonizing for five months over what to say to the mother of his best army buddy Calvin Abbott. After all, how do you express your regret and sorrow that someone died while saving your life? Now, finally at the door of Calvin’s Mississippi home, the moment is upon him. Praying to forgive himself for surviving and find a moment’s peace, Luke never expected the truth to explode like a bomb. In all the time they were together in the service, Calvin never even hinted that he was married. He certainly didn’t behave that way either. Yet Analise Abbott stands before him like an angel, her green eyes full of life, her sweet smile full of warmth and the promise of something more. Torn between loyalty and temptation, can Luke open himself up to love with Analise?
Journeying from the sweet aroma of magnolia in Mississippi to the hint of desperation as a woman bolts from her wedding, we present
Julie Anne Long
’s
THE RUNAWAY DUKE
. Mary Balogh calls this “a delightful debut novel—brimful of wit, action, passion, and romance” and she couldn’t be more right. Get comfy—you’re never going to want this to end. Rebecca Tremaine isn’t the genteel lady her mother dreamt she’d be. She’s wretched at embroidery and pitiful at the pianoforte. But when she’s caught in a compromising position with a dandy, her parents have had enough. Arranging a hasty marriage, they never suspected she’d find an ally to thwart their plan. Connor Riordan has no idea how this happened. His life as a groom on the Tremaine estate was peaceful and isolated—just what this Duke of Dunbrooke “killed” in action at Waterloo needs to keep his cover. But a true gentleman never turns away a damsel in distress. As Rebecca and Connor race through the countryside, escaping Rebecca’s parents, her fiancé and the high- waymen out to get them, can love catch them?
To find out more about Warner Forever, these August titles, and the author, visit us at www.warnerforever.com.
With warmest wishes,
Karen Kosztolnyik, Senior Editor
P.S. September is right around the corner, but don’t put away those tank tops yet. Indian summer is about to begin with these two hot reasons to keep your A.C. plugged in:
Sue-Ellen Welfonder
pens a sensual Scottish medieval about an aloof warrior who must marry for money but never expected to lose his heart to his spirited young bride and her searing kisses in
WEDDING FOR A KNIGHT
; and
Toni Blake
delivers the sexy and heartwarming erotic romance about a man determined to get revenge, the woman he falls in love with, and her diary—his weapon of choice—in
THE RED DIARY
.
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