num_pages: 352
description: One Night of GloryTall and lithe, Emily Fairfax was unaware of the power of her innocence. But from the first, Dominic knew the danger of their desire. For she alone could draw aside the mantle of despair that kept him safely hidden, and condemn them both to certain heartbreak....A soldier's daughter, Emily thought she knew what furies drove men in the name of honor, until she met the enigmatic Duke of Avon, Dominic Maitland--a man with a tragic past and an empty future. A man who would grant her but one night to lie with abandon in his willing arms...
language: English
title: The Heart's Desire
titlecomplete: The Heart's Desire (Heart's Desire, #1)
characters: Emily Fairfax, Dominic Maitland
genres: Regency, Disability, Historical Romance, Historical, Historical Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 118
places: London, England, Paris
series: Heart's Desire
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: Best First Book
publisher: Harlequin