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Art direction: Richard Erickson

Design: Heather G. Ward

© 2024 Nancy Campbell Allen

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Library of Congress ­Cataloging-­in-­Publication ­Data

Names: Allen, Nancy Campbell, 1969– author.

Title: Protecting her heart / Nancy Campbell Allen.

Other titles: Proper romance.

Description: Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, [2023] | Series: Proper romance | Summary: “Longtime friends Dr. Charlotte Duvall and Director John Ellis work together to solve the mystery of Charlotte’s mother’s death while also navigating their developing romantic relationship.” —Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023022990 | ISBN 9781639931699 (trade paperback) | eISBN 9781649331984

Subjects: LCSH: Women physicians—Fiction. | Police—Fiction. | Nineteenth century, setting. | London (England), setting. | BISAC: FICTION / Romance / Historical / Victorian | FICTION / Romance / Clean & Wholesome | LCGFT: Historical fiction. | Romance fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3551. L39644 P76 2023 | DDC 813/.54—dc23/eng/20230601

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023022990

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