A Lasting Attachment (Romantic Interludes)

the long version

A REMARKABLE REFUSAL Miss Emily Hampton was not only maddeningly stubborn, she was, in the arrogant eyes of Lord Galen DeVere, quite mad. Though fond of his freedom, DeVere had bowed to honor and asked this chit of a girl to be his wife after an accident had placed her in a compromising position with him. It was an offer that any socially sensible beauty would have leapt at, even without the goad of scandal. Yet Emily had incredibly, astoundingly, emphatically, said no. Emily, it seemed, wanted more than a man's hand. She wanted his heart. And that was what brought forth the fascinating speculation on whether DeVere could bring the foolish romantic to her senses or whether Miss Emily Hampton would bring this unbending gentleman to his knees