Author Note

I do hope you enjoy reading this, my latest book, Wedded for His Secret Child.

When the unworldly, innocent Melissa Frobisher decides to visit the Spring Gardens on her eighteenth birthday, she encounters Laurence Maxwell, who is unable to resist her quiet beauty and independent spirit. After spending a delightful interlude in the deepest shadows of the gardens, they part, unaware that their romantic encounter has sparked a situation that will explode at some time in the future.

Melissa’s reputation is completely ruined—more so when their daughter is born after nine months. Twenty months later the lovers meet again. Melissa’s feelings for this handsome lord are unchanged. Laurence is shocked to discover he has a daughter he knows nothing about, and for the sake of their child they decide that marriage between them is the most sensible course to take.

The early days of their marriage are fraught with problems. While Laurence wrestles with his inner demons, Melissa must confront the ghost of the woman who came before her—his wife, whom she believes he had loved and lost...