Shattered Dreams — Laura Landon

Brentan Montgomery, Earl of Charfield, is convinced he'll never fall in love - until he meets Lady Elyssa Prescott. Now, his greatest fear is that Elly will discover the lie that brought him into her life and his deceit will shatter their dreams for happiness. Lady Elyssa Prescott has accepted her future...a solitary woman living on the remote fringes of society. When her muzzled heart is captivated by a man who refuses to see her deformity, she nearly begins to trust that she, too, might be allowed to dream. Harrison Prescott, Marquess of Fellingsdown, finds himself in the precarious predicament of having to rectify a foibled escapade conceived by his twin siblings. But in so doing, he places his crippled sister's heart in harm's way. And midst it all, his own crippled heart comes face to face with Lady Cassandra Waverley, whose betrayal cost him his own first love. Four vibrant souls...four shattered dreams. Four lives masterfully interwoven into a tale you've come to expect from Laura Landon.