For Anne, it is the glorious promise of a future with the man who will dare her to reveal her deepest secrets.before she can give him all her heart.From the Hardcover edition.

For Sydnam, it is a chance to heal the pain of the past. Joseph has his own reasons for seeking Claudia out. Until Joseph, Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an affair that can only lead to ruin. Now the unwed single mother and war-scarred veteran must make a decision that could forever alter their lives. As owner and headmistress of Miss Martins School for Girls in Bath, she long ago resigned herself to a life without love. Unable to resist the passion that has rescued them both from loneliness, Anne and Sydnam share an afternoon of exquisite lovemaking. Yet almost from the moment Anne first appears on the cliffs, he senses in this lovely stranger a kindred soul, and between these two wary hearts, desire stirs. As steward of a remote seaside manor, Sydnam lives a reclusive existence far from the pity and disdain of others.

For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell, newly arrived with her son at a sprawling estate in Wales on the invitation of an influential friend, Sydnam Butler is a man whose sorrows-and passions-run deeper than she could have ever imagined. At the center of this spellbinding novel is Anne Jewell, a teacher haunted by a scandalous past.until she meets a man who teaches her the most important lesson of all: nothing is simple when it comes to love.She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening-a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain. before she can give him all her heart.New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh returns to the elegance and sensuality of Regency England as she continues the enthralling story of four remarkable women-friends and teachers at Miss Martin's School for Girls. For Anne, it is the glorious promise of a future with the man who will dare her to reveal her deepest secrets. Now the unwed single mother and war-scarred veteran must make a decision that could forever alter their lives. more » - and passions - run deeper than she could have ever imagined.Īs steward of a remote seaside manor, Sydnam lives a reclusive existence far from the pity and disdain of others. For single mother and teacher Anne Jewell, newly arrived with her son at a sprawling estate in Wales on the invitation of an influential friend, Sydnam Butler is a man whose sorrows.

She spies him in the deepening dusk of a Wales evening - a lone figure of breathtaking strength and masculinity, his handsome face branded by a secret pain.

Simply love by mary balogh