The Handmaidens Necklace
(Kat Martin)
A wronged woman and a devastated duke discover that love is sweeter the second time around.Rafael Saunders, Duke of Sheffield, was impulsive to the point of recklessness. Danielle Duval, daughter of Viscount Drummond, was a tempestuous beauty. They were the perfect couple, or so everyone who was anyone said. Society adored Rafe and Dani almost as much as they adored each other.Then an insanely jealous would-be suitor named Oliver Randall found a way to destroy their happiness. Hemaliciouslyand convincingly told half-truths, falsehoods and out and out lies that the gossipmongers were very eager to believe. Based on the flimsiest evidence, Rafe assumed that the woman he loved had betrayed him. He demanded an explanation. High-spirited Dani did not like ultimatums. She reasoned that the man she wanted to spend the rest of her live with would believe her word and defend her honor. Over night, the match made in heaven became the scandal of the season. The couple cancelled the wedding amidst a flurry of contradictory accusations concerning who betrayed whom.Five years later, a private investigator discovers the entire truth about the scandal that devastated the perfect couple. A man who knew their weaknesses (his impulsiveness and her pride) tricked both of them. Rafe tries to make amends; but Dani is reluctant to risk her heart a second time. Her days of blind trust are long gone. Rafe will have to prove he is worthy of the love he threw away before Dani will agree to come back to him.A lot can happen in five years. Rafe has learned something of control; but he is still a man of action. Dani is not the innocent romantic she once was, but she is still proud. Both of them still have enemies. Both of them are still in love. Some things never change.
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