Anna and the Gentleman — Kate Silver

A GENTLE BEAUTY

When her father died, leaving her alone with her ailing mother, Anna Woodleigh envisioned a life of bard work and precious little security. She never imagined an offer of help--and certainly not from such an unexpected patron. Dashing and worldly, Lord Thomas Ravensbourne was everything her Calvinist father bad preached against yet be was also generous, charming, and in Anna's eyes, dangerously attractive.

A FIERY PASSION

Giving Anna and her mother the dower cottage on his estate was the least Thomas could do they were distant relatives by marriage, and without a farthing to their names. But an acquaintance that bad begun with well-intentioned kindness was quickly transformed by desire, which led Thomas to a surprising challenge convincing the beautiful and vexedly stubborn Anna that be was not the dissolute rake she believed him to be... and that she was the perfect wife for him.