Bestselling author Vanessa Kelly returns with an enthralling new series about the men of the Kendrick clanâand the women who claim their hearts . . .
Lady Ainsley Matthews, heiress and darling of the ton, was expected to make a magnificent match. Instead sheâs hiding on a remote Scottish estate, terrified that her vicious former fiancĂŠ will use her pregnancy to force her into marriage. One man can help herâRoyal Kendrick, son of a distinguished Highland clan. Though a mistake drove them apart long ago, Royal is the only person Ainsley trusts to protect her babyâeven if that means agreeing to never see either of them again . . .
Scarred in body and soul by war, Royal suddenly has a purposeâcaring for an innocent babe and thereby helping the woman he canât stop loving. But when Ainsley ultimately returns to Scotland, determined to be a real mother to her child in spite of the risk, thereâs only one solution: marriage. And only one likely outcome: surrendering to the desire thatâs simmered between them for so long, no matter how dangerous it may be . . .
Praise for Vanessa Kellyâs Improper Princesses series âA thoroughly satisfying Regency romance.â âPublishers Weekly âAn enjoyable, thoughtful romance.â âKirkus Reviews
Bestselling author Vanessa Kelly returns with an enthralling new series about the men of the Kendrick clanâand the women who claim their hearts . . .
Lady Ainsley Matthews, heiress and darling of the ton, was expected to make a magnificent match. Instead sheâs hiding on a remote Scottish estate, terrified that her vicious former fiancĂŠ will use her pregnancy to force her into marriage. One man can help herâRoyal Kendrick, son of a distinguished Highland clan. Though a mistake drove them apart long ago, Royal is the only person Ainsley trusts to protect her babyâeven if that means agreeing to never see either of them again . . .
Scarred in body and soul by war, Royal suddenly has a purposeâcaring for an innocent babe and thereby helping the woman he canât stop loving. But when Ainsley ultimately returns to Scotland, determined to be a real mother to her child in spite of the risk, thereâs only one solution: marriage. And only one likely outcome: surrendering to the desire thatâs simmered between them for so long, no matter how dangerous it may be . . .
Praise for Vanessa Kellyâs Improper Princesses series âA thoroughly satisfying Regency romance.â âPublishers Weekly âAn enjoyable, thoughtful romance.â âKirkus Reviews