Durable Fire: A Regency Romance

Miss Auralei Duncan has secretly loved her neighbor Justin Ranbourne, Earl of Ashwood, since she was a schoolgirl and he a young viscount reluctantly entering an arranged marriage. Auralei has determined she will never surrender her person, fortune, and land to some suitor just to avoid spinsterhood. Justin, now a widower with two children, is returning from service in the Napoleonic War and has announced he will never marry again. But he cannot erase haunting memories of Auralei. The arrogant earl and the independent spinster join battle—a battle marked by periods of perfect understanding and chemistry apparent to all who know them. Both are pursued by others with a view to matrimony, and the earl steadfastly discourages Auralei’s suitors, while he seems unaware of the dangerous web Lady Jocelyn Sinclair is spinning for him. But true love is a durable fire.Barrett, Betty is the author of 'Durable Fire: A Regency Romance', published 2007 under ISBN 9781424151257 and ISBN 1424151252.