Unfortunately, the only person willing to deal with the adorable little terrors is Anna Thraxton, governess “extraordinaire” - and the one woman Anthony can't abide.

Saddled with five unruly orphans, the Earl of Greyley, Anthony Elliot, is at his wits' end. Well, Hawkins does an extraordinarily good job showing us how the bonds gradually build between these distrustful children and Anna and Anthony. The scene of this book in which Anna, a governess, meets the five unruly children Anthony has recently “inherited” makes you wonder how the hell she is going to win them over. Usually, families of naughty children can become rather irritating in a romance novel. Lest you fear plot moppetry, Penny Watson on Goodreads wrote: An Affair to Remember is book 1 in her Talisman Ring series. Unfortunately, scandal can occur from the best of intentions.A number of Karen Hawkins' backlist novels are discounted to $2.99. But as his plain brown wren transforms herself into an elegant swan, Alec suddenly can't stay away from his last-minute wife-and when he kisses her, the inheritance is the last thing on his mind. Alec's in no position to quibble: if he doesn't marry by midnight and live scandal-free for a year, he loses his inheritance.Īt least marriage with do-gooder Julia will guarantee his fortune. So when he accidentally snatches her instead of her lovely, scheming cousin for an elopement to Gretna Green, Julia leaps at the chance to make her passionate dreams come true. Julia Frant has secretly loved Alec MacLean, the wild Viscount Hunterston from afar. What can a respectable Regency miss do when kidnapped by a nobleman intent on marriage?Why, marry him, of course.

Unfortunately, scandal can occur from the best of intentions.and Julia is never short of good intentions!What can a respectable Regency miss do when kidnapped by a nobleman intent on marriage? Why, marry him, of course.

What can a respectable Regency miss do when kidnapped by a nobleman intent on marriage? Why, marry him, of course.

The abduction of julia by karen hawkins