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The flame and the flower by kathleen e woodiwiss
The flame and the flower by kathleen e woodiwiss







the flame and the flower by kathleen e woodiwiss the flame and the flower by kathleen e woodiwiss

Yet the tenderness of this noble, caring stranger who lovingly calls her "Lierin" soon captures her heart and enflames her with wanting. She awakens from unconsciousness in his magnificent home with no memory of who she is. Now, three years later, his carriage has collided with a cloaked rider on horseback: a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to the young bride who was swallowed up by the merciless river. Mere days after Ashton Wingate's wedding to the enchanting Lierin, capricious Fate stole the Mississippi plantation owner's beloved from him. Entangled in intrigues she doesn't yet understand, Erienne Fleming will soon have to make a devastating choice: between love and honor.between her duty and her heart.Ī woman with no name and no memory.The two men who claim her: one with love, the other with fear.A dazzling tale of secret passions-and a love tragically lost and miraculously reborn.

the flame and the flower by kathleen e woodiwiss

And then Christopher Seton reenters Erienne's world.Ĭonflicted by emotions she cannot suppress, Erienne valiantly attempts to remain honorable to her elusive, enigmatic husband but feels herself irresistibly drawn to Seton's passion, his fire, and his secrets. She, in turn, vows to be a good and loyal wife to him. A gentle and adoring soul, he treats his new bride with warmth and abiding tenderness, yet appears to her only by daylight. And in the end, Erienne is devastated to find it is the strange and secretive Lord Saxton who has purchased her-a mysterious, tragic figure who wears a mask and a cloak at all times to hide disfiguring scars gained in a terrible fire some years back.īut in the passing days, Saxton's true nature is revealed to her. But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton.īut marriage for love is not to be, for her irresponsible and unscrupulous father, crippled by gambling debts, is intent on auctioning off his beautiful daughter to the highest bidder. Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a king's fortune for a place in her heart. The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor.









The flame and the flower by kathleen e woodiwiss