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"Second chance at love"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 15, 2004

In 1832 Hampshire stable boy John McKenna and Lady Aline Marsden, oldest daughter of an earl, exchange vows of love. However, her father angrily shouts at Aline that her feelings for John prove she is her just like her whore of a mother. He warns her that if Read more...

"Compelling, passionate love story with fascinating, complex characters."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted February 1, 2004

Lady Aline Marsden, the Earl of Wescliff's eldest daughter, makes a grave mistake when she falls in love with her playmate and companion, McKenna, the stable boy. Her love doesn't decrease with time but only grows stronger. When her absentee father discovers her feelings, the earl banishes the boy and Read more...

Summary

She gave him her innocence . . .Lady Aline Marsden was brought up for one reason: to make an advantageous marriage to a member of her own class. Instead, she willingly gave her innocence to John McKenna, a servant on her father's estate. Their passionate transgression was unforgivable -- John was sent away, and Aline was left to live in the countryside . . . an exile from London society . . .and he took her love. Now McKenna has made his fortune, and he has returned -- more boldly handsome and more mesmerizing than before. His ruthless plan is to take revenge on the woman who shattered his dreams of love. But the magic between them burns as bright as ever. And now he must decide whether to let vengeance take its toll . . . or risk everything for his first, and only, love.