My Lord Protector
- Author: Deborah Hale
- Publisher: Harlequin Historical
- Year: 1999
- Setting: England
- Amazon Listing: My Lord Protector
Book Description
Torn Between Duty...And Desire
Edmund Fitzhugh was willing to thrust his head back into the matrimonial noose to protect Julianna from her wicked stepbrother. But the maiden was betrothed to his nephew, gone at sea. So their forbidden union was secretly a marriage in name only. Yet, sharing his home with the much younger beauty fueled a passion he'd thought long buried....
Julianna Ramsey was at sixes and sevens! Who would have thought that Edmund's gentle care could ignite in her a woman's ardor that far eclipsed her girlish fancy for his absent nephew? And what of the day when her fiancé returned? Would she then have the courage to choose love over duty?
Awards
RWA Golden Heart Award, Long Historical (as The Path of the Wind), 1997
Recognitions
- 2000 RITA® Finalist for First Book
- Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee, Best First Book, 2000
- Barclay Golden Finalist, 2000
Reviews
"Invite yourself to this sweet, sensitive, moving and utterly wonderful tale of love from the heart." - Affaire de Coeur
"My Lord Protector is a rare and special romance. Readers will be charmed by this gifted author!" - Literary Times
