"An earl and a smuggler's daughter make strange bedfellows"

By: Jo Beverley

Genres: Romance Historical

Posted: October 28, 2011

Con Somerford and Susan Kerslake were companions and lovers one summer when he visited his family in Devon. When she repudiated him, he left. They didn't see each other again until he returns from war as the new Earl of Wyvern. Con arrives to find Susan as his housekeeper.

Susan and her brother are trying to find the money that the previous Earl had taken from their father before he was transported to Australia. Since he hadn't kept the pact, they needed the money to keep the smugglers from starving.

Con wants nothing to do with Crag Wyvern but feels obligated to get things in order before returning to his home. He isn't prepared for the onslaught of emotions when he returns and sees Susan again. He must discover what happened to the money that has disappeared from the accounts and then leave temptation behind. Neither is prepared for the events that will draw them together or the fact that their feelings for each other are so strong.

A re-issue, this book was as hard for me to get into the second time as it was the first. The bitterness and animosity between the hero and heroine prevail for a long time until their mutual attraction outweighs everything.

Book Summary

Con Somerford, Viscount Amleigh, is not pleased to have inherited the Earldom of Wyvern and the monstrous house that goes with it. He's even less pleased when the first person he encounters there is Susan Kerslake with a pistol in her hands. Susan and he have a past, a bitter one. The years in between, however, have been years of war. That must, surely, have armed him so he can resist her, and deal with the smuggling with which she is clearly involved.

The Dragon's Bride by Jo Beverley

The Dragon's Bride

by: Jo Beverley

NAL
August 1, 2011
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Featuring: Con Somerford; Susan Kerslake
650 pages
ISBN: 0451233409
EAN: 9780451233400
Paperback (reprint)

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