The Captivated Countess — Barbara Allister

BEFORE AND AFTER
When Catherine Durrell first met Dominic Reston, the Earl of Harwich, she was a mere girl. She fell in love with him instantly, helplessly -- and, sad to say, hopelessly. For Dominic saw her only as a child, if he noticed her at all.

But that was before Dominic wed a beauty whose faithlessness made him a cynic about all tender sentiments. And that was before Catherine became the toast of the aristocratic elite -- until a scandalous episode exiled her from polite society in disgrace.

Then they met again, and Catherine discovered her love for Dominic was as strong as ever -- and even more heartbreaking. For she was no longer the girl whose youth had made Dominic ignore her -- she was the woman whose folly he regarded with disdain... especially after he was forced to make her his bride....