After a traumatic illness robs her of her looks, Rose Davenport has little expectation of making a good marriage—until her feckless father, Miles, unexpectedly brokers a dazzling match for her with the heir to the Earl of Stanhope. Unfortunately, the marriage doesn’t live up to her hopes. Instead of the kindly bridegroom she’s expecting, Rose gets a sullen young husband who can barely stand to … look at her.
Gil Truman is in love with the beautiful Tilly when his father informs him that he must instead marry plain, sickly Rose. Forced to agree to the marriage to recover the family fortune his father lost to Miles Davenport in a game of cards, Gil is bitter and heartbroken. Their wretched wedding trip ends with him abandoning Rose at his remote Northumbrian estate, intending never to return.
After five years of exile, Rose loses patience and travels to London to make a bid at seducing her errant, faithless husband. But their first encounter at a masked ball changes everything. When Rose learns the secret truth of how Gil was blackmailed into their marriage, her appetite for revenge dissolves. It’s too late to turn back, though. Their night of passion has had consequences that force Rose to confront Gil again.
Gil’s discovery that the lovely, masked stranger he fell for is none other than his own wife, leaves him feeling sick and betrayed. As for Rose, she has deep wounds of her own from years of Gil’s neglect. With such unpromising beginnings, can Rose and Gil make any kind of life together? Or are some wrongs too painful to ever be forgiven?
This is a second edition of a book previously published by Samhain Publishing
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Great realistic characters. Pulls at your heartstrings!!!
I liked this book a lot. The characters were interesting. The only downside was it was rather grim for much of the story due to the theme of unforgivable. Worth reading.
I loved this book. I would love to read more from this author.
I like books about memory loss and this one is great. Enjoyed the store line and that it didn’t have sex like many others. Some books have good story line but so much sex they qualify as soft porn.
Very enjoyable read.
One of my favorites
This historic romance really held my interest. Very few so. The characters were well developed and the time travel made sense and added an extra interest to the novel. Well written and I only found one bad word usage.
Great character development – wonderfully intriguing plot line – great tension and loved the HEA!!!
AJ R
very good read.
Hard to put down; I couldn’t wait to see how it was going to end.
No need for the explicit sex details. Ruined it for me. I deleted the book before I finished it. Character development can be done without this.
Had me smiling at times