title: A Bittersweet Promise
author: Green, Grace
description: After her fiance's betrayal, Jonquil made a promise -- never to fall in love again! But when Slade Alexander starts taking more than a casual interest in her, she's intrigued. The man is an enigma. Wealth and success have made him tough, yet he treats his tiny ward, Natalie Gilbride, with a tenderness that makes Jonquil long to be part of a real family. But then she discovers the real reason for Slade's interest in her.
  
  Hero: Slade Alexander
  Heroine: Jonquil McLeod