My Darling Caroline — Adele Ashworth

A Lifelong Dream

Lady Caroline Grayson had always wanted to study botany -- and had already bred a rare lavender rose -- but as a woman in nineteenth-century England, her intelligence and talents were ignored. Caroline was determined to see her dream become a reality -- even if it meant masquerading as a man to be accepted at a university. But when her father arranged for her to marry, she agreed -- knowing she could not become a conventional wife…

A Flourishing Love

Yet marriage wasn't what she thought it would be. Her attractive new husband gave her the freedom she never expected -- and the respect she had always deserved. At first she tried to resist his admiration, his love…and especially his touch. But soon she was surprised and overcome by her husband's -- and her own -- passion. Now Caroline might have to make the most difficult choice of all -- between her lifelong dream and the depth of her love for an extraordinary man…