Courting His Countess

The last woman Thomas, Lord Avondale, expected to fall in love with was the wife he betrayed and abandoned six years ago. When Rose does not accept his apology, however, he loses all hope of a happy future together. Yet he is thankful she has agreed to come to his bed to beget an heir.

Known as the Ice Maiden at Queen Elizabeth I's court, Rose has been trying to forget the man she once loved—a love she thought destroyed after he spent their wedding night with his mistress. Withstanding Thomas's charms, however, is proving more difficult than she expected.

Can she forgive the ultimate betrayal? Can he ever atone for what he did?

Courting His Countess is a novella of approximately 20,000 words, about one-quarter the size of a full-length novel. It is priced as low as possible.

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

Courting His Countess may be shorter than most of my other books, but it was one of the most difficult stories I have ever written. When I began it, I did not think I could make you, dear reader, believe he was hero material. Yet the characters and their tale would not leave my head, nor would the opening lines, so I wrote the story anyway. As I progressed, and especially when I switched to Thomas's viewpoint, I realized how very male he was being, and part of me started to feel sorry for him. Being a nobleman of his time, he just did not get it. Not until he finally saw how his actions had affected a wonderful, strong woman.

Courting His Countess breaks one of the "rules" of the romance genre, and I know some of you will find Thomas's actions unforgivable. I certainly do not blame you for that! But I have never been very good at sticking to the rules, and I hope you do not blame me for listening to the voices in my head.