The Kissing Gate

THE KISSING GATE
The new Earl of Wraxham, Lionel Westfall, was unprepared to move from town life to the doldrums of his late father's estate. He was even less prepared to find Sophie Bowerbank. The girl had turned voluptuous woman, but she was still the rector's daughter he'd tenderly kissed across the barrier of the kissing gate -- the girl who twenty years ago had given him his only taste of love.

AND BEYOND
But Lionel didn't just need love. With six rebellious sons from a previous marriage, he needed help. And Sophie seemed the perfect choice. A woman bold enough to research erotic texts in his father's library could surely handle his hellions. And if she would put into practice some of her book learning, if she would take a chance on him, he would finish what they began so long ago -- he would usher her through the kissing gate onto the glorious path beyond.