*REPUBLISH* (ORIG 2006)
One of the Duke of Wellington's most respected officers, Jack
Langdon, Lord Frayne, takes his family's honor very seriously.
He also hides a shameful secret: a talent for sorcery he has been
raised to suppress and openly reject. But after an injury lands
Jack at death's door, his only chance at survival lies with Abigail
Barton, a peer's daughter and a skilled wizard. Her price: Jack's
hand in marriage. It isn't long before Jack feels an irresistible attraction to his
forthright new wife, whose allure is as intense as the reawakening magical
abilities he can no longer deny. Abigail had to make a great sacrifice to
perform a spell powerful enough to save Lord Frayne, and although she
cannot help but be drawn to her reluctant husband's surprising sensitivity and
kindness, she knows all too well his distaste for magic. Once she has Jack's
name and the child she has always longed for, she is determined to live apart
from him so that he can preserve his reputation-and so that she herself can
stay true to her gifts. But neither Abby nor Jack reckons on the deep, longsimmering
passions her spell ignites. They challenge each other's extraordinary
powers and deepest desires for the sake of a love that may cost them all they
cherish most.