LOGINOne year ago, when the earl of Devonshire, Cole Weatherly had decided to drop his newly wedded wife at the steps of Blakewood Manor with as much respect as would be given a sack of potatoes. The last thing he expected was for her to move into his ancestral home. As if that wasn't enough news of his wife's exploits were being recounted from the lips of one gentleman to the other and the large bills that were passed to him from her modesite gave him all the more reason he should go home and talk some sense into her. If he had expected to find a quiet, docile wife, then he was in for a surprise for in the place of a docile wife was a beautiful enchantress who wasn't afraid to challenge him.
View MoreLeicestershire, England.March 1814.COLE FLETCHER sneaked out of the house and into his father's stable. At age twelve, he was already as tall as a young man. A trait that runs in the family.Some days ago, his father had brought in a new horse and the instructions had been it shouldn't be mounted. But being the stubborn lad that he was, he disregarded his father's warning and sneaked in.There had been no horse in their stables he hadn't mounted before. Honestly, he didn't know why his father like to fret about frivolous things. He was as capable as any stable master his father had, if not better, the boy thought as he pulled the stable door open and stepped inside. The cool morning air following him inside.He knew where the stallion had been kept, in the last stall, separate from the other horses. Cole was excited. The thought of stealing his father's new horse out to the open field made his blood tingle. The boy grinned mischievously. Of
"Let me make this clear to you, I do not condone what you have done with my house or the idea that you are here? I left you at Blakewood manor for a specific reason.""Which is?"His eyes roamed her face and he pulled away from the wall. Running one hand over his hair. He turned towards her. "To punish you of course. "For a moment, Cole wondered whether she had heard. Her face showed no reaction to his words; she seemed frozen, petrified. Then her brows rose. "I see."Cole was quite certain she didn't see anything. Because punishing her wasn't the only reason he had left her at Blakewood Manor. The earl had discovered he wanted his wife, despite what she did, despite how she tricked him. And that angered him. The idea that he could still want her after all that, after all, she had done, caused him to question his sanity. This series of events eventually led to some hard decisions he made.&nb





