Rogue In My Arms

April 1, 2010
If Prudence didnt already hate Chantal, she certainly did now. Not only had her former employer disappeared without paying Pru her last months wages, the temperamental diva now threatened to ruin Prus new job in absentia. After discovering Chantal had decamped with nary a forwarding address, Pru counted herself lucky to have landed a temporary post taking care of Sir Colin Lamberts young charge Melody. Colin, who seemed to be completely besotted with Chantal, was searching for Chantal because he thought she was Melodys mother. Pru cant help wondering what Colin could ever see in a gold-digging, scheming shrew like Chantal, and keeping quiet about her former employer isnt easy. Of course, the fact that Pru might be falling in love with Colin herself had nothing to do with it. When it comes to crafting fairy talelike, wonderfully escapist historicals, Bradley is unrivaled, and the second addition to her Runaway Brides trilogy cleverly blends madcap adventure and sexy romance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)