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Scandal does not define the "fallen" ladies of Puddledon Manor's Benevolent Home. Instead, it's a recipe for an intoxicating new future as the women combine their talents - to operate their own brewery and alehouse . . . When Penelope Barnes arrived at the Home with her young daughter, she discovered a knack for horticulture - and for cultivating the hops needed to produce a superlative pint. She put her scandalous affair with Harry Graham firmly in the past, along with the wrenching pain she felt when he went off to war. After all, she'd always known a farmer's daughter had no future with an earl's son. Now she has the pleasant memory of their passion, and she has little Harriet, for whom she would do anything - even marry a boring country vicar . . . Harry went off to fight for the Crown unaware that his delightful interlude with his childhood friend had permanent consequences. Now he's back in England, catapulted into the title by his brother's untimely death. He sorely misses his former life of unfettered adventure, so when he has reason to explore Little Puddledon, he jumps at the chance. But what he finds there is something - and someone - he never knew he'd lost, and a once forbidden love whose time has come, if only he can persuade Pen he's home to stay . . . Sally MacKenzie's novels are . . . "Always a delight." - BOOKLIST , Starred Review "Perfect." - RT Book Reviews "Naked, noble, and irresistible!" - Eloisa James "Great fun." - Publishers Weekly
About the Author
USA Today bestselling author Sally MacKenzie writes funny, sexy romances set in her favorite time period (other than the present) : Regency England. Her novella, "The Duchess of Love," was a 2013 RITA® finalist, and two of her books - The Naked King and Bedding Lord Ned - made ALA Booklist's top ten romances for their respective years. Many of her books are available in audio format, and her stories have been translated into Czech, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. Sally graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame in the first class of women. She's a Cornell Law School dropout, former federal regulation writer, recovering parent volunteer, mother of four grown sons, and middle-of-the-lane Masters swimmer. She loves to travel, especially to England to research historic sites and hike through - and frequently get lost in - the English countryside. A native of Washington, D. C., she lives with her husband in suburban Maryland, not far from her childhood home. Visit her online at her web site www.SallyMacKenzie.net, on Twitter @Sally_Mackenzie, or on her Sally MacKenzie Facebook fan page, www.facebook.com/sallymackenziebooks.
