Destiny's Promise — Laurel Pace

Running From A Nightmare

When Lucinda Chandler fled her powerful husband in an act of desperation and disguised herself as a governess, she'd never thought she'd find happiness. Still, her new life on a remote Georgia plantation seemed almost idyllic--until she fell in love with handsome stablemaster Charles Fenton ....

Independent yet vulnerable, forthright yet subtly secretive, the woman who called herself "Emma"' was the most intriguing mystery Charles had ever encountered. Her gentle understanding had released him from a lifetime of bitterness. But even as their destinies became increasingly entwined, dark specters from the past gathered to keep them apart .. .