Scandal in the Night: The Reckless Brides
Cat Rowan is in the last possible place Thomas Jellicoe would ever think of looking. After she disappeared one night in India, Thomas spent two years scouring the globe for Cat. When he finally returns home to his brother’s estate in Hampshire, he is shocked to discover their family’s new governess, Miss Anne Cates, is none other than Cat. Alas, Thomas is not the only one to have discovered Cat’s new whereabouts: a mysterious gunman takes a shot at her moments after Thomas arrives. Now, in a cruel twist of fate, Thomas may lose Cat once again unless he can convince her to trust him with her life as well as her love. Essex seamlessly shifts the action in the story back and forth between the protagonists’ first meeting, in India, and their reunion, in England, and her third exotic, enthralling Reckless Brides historical romance is a potent combination of dangerous intrigue and sexy desire. --John Charles