A Taste Of Seduction — Mary Campisi

A young woman of noble blood, raised as a peasant girl . . . An orphaned stable boy, now grown and the surrogate son of a powerful earl ? the same earl who just so happens to be the young woman's father . . . Meriel and Anthony have nothing in common--she runs barefoot and talks to animals, he won't loosen his cravat unless the bedroom door is firmly closed. Meriel believes in love, hope, and happily ever after. Anthony believes in keeping a safe distance from anything resembling an emotion. They have nothing in common but an undeniable, burning desire for one another they can't ignore or understand, and an ailing "father" who will do anything to see them together. Unfortunately, there are others, cunning and manipulative, working behind the scenes. Others who will stop at nothing, willing even to kill, to keep them apart.