Mountain Laurel
by Jude Deveraux
2020-11-20 05:13:53
Bestselling author Jude Deveraux spins a rollicking story of a mismatched couple who unearth a sparkling, irresistible passion across the rugged West! Captain Ring Montgomery was handsome, a skilled rider, a crack shot, popular with the men and their...
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Bestselling author Jude Deveraux spins a rollicking story of a mismatched couple who unearth a sparkling, irresistible passion across the rugged West! Captain Ring Montgomery was handsome, a skilled rider, a crack shot, popular with the men and their ladies. That was reason enough for a jealous, surly colonel to saddle Montgomery with a most peculiar assignment: to escort an opera singer into the Colorado gold fields. Ringâs plan was to scare the little lady enough so that sheâd hightail it for home. After all, a Civil War was brewing! But LaReina, The Singing Duchessâas Maddie was calledâdidnât scare easily. And she didnât intend to explain her reasons for coming West to any high and mighty soldier. Captain Montgomery might be smart enough to figure out that she was no European duchess, and gentleman enough not to take advantage of her. But heâd have to go on thinking she had some insane desire to sing opera to a bunch of ragtag minersâfor she didnât dare trust him with the truthâ¦
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