The Unthinkable

Five years ago Eugenia
“Genie” Prescott, the daughter of a country parson, gave her heart to a
young nobleman who betrayed her. Seduced by an unspoken promise of
marriage, she is forced from her home to avoid scandal. Irreparably
changed from the destruction wrought by the failed relationship, Genie
has paid for her sins in tragedy and heartbreak. Returning to England on
the arm of the man who rescued her from hell, she is determined to
reclaim the life denied her and never be at the mercy of a man again.
But the secrets of the past threaten to ruin her future when she comes
face-to-face with the man whose betrayal nearly destroyed her.Forced
to choose between duty and desire, Lord Fitzwilliam Hastings refused to
defy his family and do the unthinkable: marry a girl of inferior wealth
and rank. But by time he realizes his error, Genie has disappeared.
Haunted by the failure of his youth, and by the girl he could never
forget, Hastings, now unexpectedly the Duke of Huntingdon, has searched
for her for five years. But now that Genie is back, the duke has his
chance for atonement and is determined to make it up to her… even if the
reluctant Genie has to be persuaded.