A disgraced cavalry officer who has spent his life trying to prove his masculinity falls for an impetuous, risk-taking woman who insists on living as if she were a boy.
Desperate to escape the arranged marriage that will forever take away her freedom to live the unconventional life she chooses, Jo Trenoweth turns for help to the man who has bought her beloved mare at auction, knowing that if the damnably handsome cavalry officer, accused of unspeakable sexual crimes, seduces her, it will make her unmarriageable.
Jo's boyishness, her recklessness, and her dedication to mastering the most difficult feats of horsemanship both appeal to Lord Wixford and appall him. Though he desperately tries to make her behave like a conventional woman, it is when she is at her most boyish that he most desires her.
As their battle of wills leads them into a passionate closeness that transforms them, they are propelled into a crisis that will force them to sacrifice everything they have ever held dear.
Other books by Jenny Brown
Jenny Brown studied history in graduate school. Her first professional sale as a writer was a biographical piece about Louisa May Alcott’s childhood. Years later, her favorite hobby continues to be reading biographies of people who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries. She has earned her living in many different ways including performing as a singer-songwriter in Nashville, developing software, and publishing acclaimed nonfiction. She lives in rural Western Massachusetts.
Jenny's characters are often outcasts or rebels. Her heroes have a long way to go before they become the loving men her heroines deserve. Her heroines are strong, adventurous women who take control of their own fate but must do so within the limitations of the society into which they were born. Readers of mainstream historical fiction appreciate that her books are written with respect for the language, history, and culture of the Georgian era in England in which they are set.
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