A shocking declaration The fist of Miles, Earl of Langley, smashed down, overturning the crystal decanter and causing Olivia to jump at her brother-in-law's sudden fury. "How dare you sermonize about my character as a husband and father! Confound your damned spinster meddling!" Before Olivia had recovered, Miles had seized a handful of her curls and forced her to face him. "What you need," her brother-in-law growled, "is a man—a husband-who'd handle you as a wench should be handled—like this!" In a flash, the world was different. His lips pressed to hers, she seemed to be living through a storm or a tidal wave. In the instant before she gave herself to the surging of her blood, she thought: Does one, could one, survive?
Author
Elizabeth Mansfield is the author of numerous regency romances. She is an intelligent and thoughtful writer, a hidden gem whose novels deserve to be more widely read and enjoyed. Elizabeth Mansfield is the pen name of the talented Paula Reibel Schwartz. Ms Schwartz also wrote different genres under the pen names Paula Reibel, Paula Reid, and Paula Jonas.
