Forbidden Angel

When Adrian Spencer, The Tenth Earl of Windsford, finds himself the unlikely guardian of the one woman he cannot forget, he has a decision to make. He can follow the dictates of his heart and pursue Angeline and the sensual promise implicit in her eyes, or adhere to the strict moral code he was born to uphold and deny them both. Made to flee England after the murder of his fiance, Adrian builds an empire in America. When his past and present combine in the form of Angeline Ashley, its time to prove his innocence and reclaim what is rightfully his. To do this, he must return to England and prove the guilt of his long-time nemesis, Charles Malcolm. At the death of her father and step-mother, Angeline is given a letter telling her to seek the truth and hints at a mystery surrounding her mother and Angelines own birth. But when Charles Malcolm, one of Englands most notorious rakes, produces a note against a large gambling debt, Angeline is given two choices; marriage to Charles, or see her fathers name besmirched and her young brothers future ruined. But Angeline will have neither of those choices. Instead, she chooses to accompany her brother to America and seeks shelter with his guardian, a man she has adored since childhood. When Charles appears in Texas, it becomes obvious that there is more behind his obsession with Angeline than just lust for a beautiful woman.