Laura Kinsale

Callie realizes that she still has feelings for childhood sweetheart Trevelyan when he returns from France to care for his mother with a fortune and a secret scandalous past.

Lessons in French

Their past is waiting for them to reignite. Trevelyan de Monceaux and Lady Callista Taillefaire were childhood sweethearts with a taste for adventure, until the fateful day her father discovered them embracing in the carriage house and, in a furious frenzy, drove Trevelyan away in disgrace. Nine long, lonely years later, Trevelyan returns. Callie discovers that he can still make her blood race and fill her life with excitement,but he can't give her the one thing she wants more than anything--himself. During his years in exile, Trev made a fortune in the seedy world of pugilism but cannot stand the thought of Callie knowing the source of his wealth. However, Trev has a penchant for mischief that Callie finds irresistible, and soon they are involved in high jinks involving stolen livestock, barroom brawls, masquerading as Belgian nobility, and bringing complete chaos to the annual market fair--where they finally have the opportunity to finish what they started that long ago day in the carriage house...

Lessons in French

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