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"Latest St. John ring tale"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 25, 2003

Chase St. John is upset with his so-called best friend Harry Annesley for always borrowing money that he never pays back. Worse Harry holds over his head the accident in which a drunken Chase ran over and killed a woman with his coach. Chase tells Harry no more Read more...

"Another St. John brother finds his true love with help of an enchanted talisman ring."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted November 30, 2003

Harriet Ward, a petite bundle of energy, has a fiancé invented by her mother to keep the bank from foreclosing on their family home. All her family needs is time to get the sheep's wool to market, enabling them to make the final payment on her late father's debt. Time Read more...

Summary

Does she dare?

To save her family from ruin, Harriet Ward invented a fiancé—a handsome, wealthy sea captain. But now the bank wants proof of the elusive captain's existence. Just as Harriet despairs, fate drops a mysterious stranger into her arms, a man she believes has no idea of his own identity...Does Harriet dare convince the disturbingly handsome stranger that he is her fiancé? And if she does, what will be the cost?

Will he win?

Chase St. John knows exactly who he is. While quitting London to protect his family from scandal, Chase is waylaid by footpads and left for dead. Awakening in the care of the enchanting Miss Harriet Ward, Chase is astonished when the tempting maid brazenly announces that he is her long-awaited betrothed. Chase, ever a rogue, decides to dally and play the part of adoring lover for a price—heated kisses and more. But the price is rich, indeed, when it might mean losing his own heart.