A feisty spinster fights to resist a scheming English lord in this Victorian romance by a #1 New York Timesβbestselling author.
First published in 1998, Where Roses Grow Wild is an enchanting novel by Meg Cabot, originally writing under the name Patricia Cabotβreleased as an e-book for the first time!
She was ruled by her head . . .
Only one thing stood between Edward, Lord Rawlings, and a life of rakish debauchery: a spinster. Even worse, a liberal, educated vicarβs daughter, guardian to ten-year-old Jeremy, the true heir to the title Edward did not want. If Jeremy would not assume dukedom, Edward must, a fate of dire responsibility and utter boredom.
But this time, her heart was taking the reins.
Since there had never been a female his lordship couldnβt charm, Edward was sure he would win over the old girl. But Pegeen MacDougal was neither old, nor a girlβshe was all woman, with a prickly tongue, infernal green eyes and a buried sensuality that drove him mad. Unfortunately, she loathed him and his class for their fripperies and complete disregard for the less fortunate. But for the sake of the boy, she agreed to accompany him back to his estate.
The rise was quickly apparent. For Pegeen knew she could resist Edwardβs money, his power, his position . . . his entire world. It was his kiss, however, that promised to be her undoing . . .