Almost Heaven — Kathy Rung

HEAVEN SENT

Brock Halliday is furious. It's late, and he's locked out of the local bed-and-breakfast where he'd reserved a room. And Leah, the inn's proprietress, is nowhere to be found until a nosy neighbor tells him that the lady in question can be found at the town's costume ball. One breathless encounter with Leah leaves Brock enchanted. The ordinarily prim and prudish young woman is masquerading as a seductive siren in a daring red velvet dress....

Ladylike Leah has always obeyed her mother's wishes -- until now. Her long engagement to a "proper" man has kept her safe. After all, it would never do for someone of her breeding to be swept away by a strapping stranger. But Brock's intent blue gaze seems to see right through her demure demeanor, and the lovely Leah finds herself helplessly drawn to him. Now she must choose between the comfortable, sheltered existence she's always known -- and a forbidden passion that will turn her world upside down....