His Ruthless Heart – Johanna Lindsey

“Peace at last,” he said with a long sigh. “Well, not quite,” Reggie replied hesitantly, twining a finger in his lapel. “I — I sent a message last night to invite my family out here for the day. Don’t be mad, Nicholas. George told me he saw Tony last week and Tony was very upset. I know it was because of us.” “Couldn’t you have just written them a letter?”

he asked wearily, “and told them you were all right?” “Letters aren’t the same as seeing for themselves how happy I am. They worry about me, Nicholas, and I want them to know everything is finally all right now.” “Then I suppose I will have to bear it for one day.” He sighed again. “You’re not angry?” “I don’t dare get angry with you, love.” He said this so seriously that she frowned in puzzlement.

“You get angry right back.” “Devil!” she retorted. Nicholas grinned at her. Then, patting her backside, he pushed her gently toward the staircase. “Now run along for a while. You’ve reminded me that I have some family business of my own to take care of.” He caught Miriam just as she was leaving for her morning ride, delayed until her guests departed.

“A word with you, madame, in the library, if you please.” Miriam started to tell him she was too busy, then thought better of it. His manner invited no argument. They walked down the stairs Owen OINeiy JOIN GE 7 2… 223 together without a word. “I hope this won’t take long,” she said curtly as he closed the library door behind them. “It shouldn’t. Do sit down, Miriam.” She frowned. “You have never called me anything but ‘mother.”

Nicholas observed the cold glitter in her brown eyes. It was always there when they were alone. This woman really did hate him. Nothing would change that. “Imagine,” he said, “overnight, two sisters have switched places.” Her face went pale, so he said, “I guess you haven’t had a chance to talk to Ellie this morning, have you?”

“She told you?” “Well, you did suggest I ask every lady present if she was my mother.” He couldn’t resist the barb. “You didn’t!” “No, Miriam, I didn’t. After you opened the wound, my wife healed it. She forced Ellie to confess. I have the whole of it now, finally, and I want to say that I’m sorry for what you’ve been through, Miriam, now that I understand it all.” “Dont you dare feel sorry for me!” she cried, stunned. “As you wish,” he replied stiffly, no longer uncomfortable over the decision he had come to during the night.

With more than 58 million copies of her books in print, translated into twelve languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world’s most popular authors of romance. Every one of her previous forty-one novels has been a bestseller, with many reaching the number one spot on the New York Times list.

Ms Lindsey lives in Massachusetts with her family. HIS RUTHLESS HEART BOOKS BY JOHANNA LINDSEY All I Need Is You Angel Brave the Wild Wind Captive Bride Defy Not the Heart Fire of Winter A Gentle Feuding Gentle Rogue Glorious Angel Heart of a Warrior Heart of Thunder A Heart So Wild Hearts Aflame The Heir Home for the Holidays Joining Keeper of the Heart Love Me Forever Love Only Once A Loving Scoundrel The Magic of You Man of My Dreams A Man to Call My Own Marriage Most Scandalous Once a Princess Paradise Wild A Pirate’s Love The Present Prisoner of My Desire The Pursuit Savage Thunder Say You Love Me Secret Fire Silver Angel So Speaks the Heart Surrender My Love Tender Is the Storm Tender Rebel Until Forever Warrior’s Woman When Love Awaits You Belong to Me HIS RUTHLESS HEART LOVE ONLY ONCE AND TENDER REBEL D4 ET AVON BOOKS & An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Avon Books An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Love Only Once first published in the USA in 1985 by Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc.

Tender Rebel first published in the USA in 1988 by Avon Books This combined edition first published in Australia in 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited ABN 36 009 913 517 www.harpercollins.com.au Copyright © Johanna Lindsey 1985 and 1988 The right of Johanna Lindsey to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her under the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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