The Valentine's Day Ball
A broken Engagement And A Broken Heart, "Twas a Combination Only St. Valentine Could Repair...

Only Sir Jared Branden would be so flip as to tease Maria about the Valentine's Day she had left him standing at the altar. She had pursued her own life and Jared had pursued his, both surviving the broken engagement of their youth. Yet ten years later, how could his smile suddenly weaken her knees?

Maria did not know what mischance had brought her tormentor to the grand Valentine's Ball at Silversby Manor, but she would not allow his presence to interfere with her grand scheme: trying to help a young miss escape the clutches of a horrid betrothal.
But under Cupid's clever auspices, long-remembered kisses would wreak havoc with a passion Maria vowed to forget...

Hero: Sir Jared Branden
Heroine: Miss Maria Addams, Contessa di Montifiori Vincerone