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Informationen zum Autor Jane Goodger started her writing career as a journalist. She worked for several small! community papers before covering crime at a Connecticut daily! where she discovered life can be cruel and doesn't often have a happy ending. Taking matters in her own hands! Jane decided to recreate a world where all women are successful and brilliant! all men are kind! sexy! and gorgeous! and every story ends happily. She likes this world much better.Jane lives with her husband and three children in New England. Klappentext Jane Goodger's characters struggle with deep! real issues before overcoming them for their happy ending. This book is loosely connected to her December 2011 title When a Duke Says I Do. Zusammenfassung Locked away by her reclusive and intensely protective father! the recently deceased "Mad Lord of Northumberland!" Melissa is beautiful and educated but painfully naïve about the real world--and the dark secrets of her birth. Now in the care of her uncle! the Earl of Braddock! she must prepare to enter London society and find a proper husband! a task that grows complicated when she falls for the one man she can never have. Just as a promising new life begins to eclipse her tragic past! she'll find herself consumed by a forbidden love that could destroy it all. . . Praise for the novels of Jane Goodger "Gentle humor! witty banter! and attractive characters." -- Library Journal on Marry Christmas "A touching! compassionate! passion-filled romance." -- Romantic Times on A Christmas Waltz