The Runaways — Barbara Hazard

Race to the Altar

Once Harriet Winthrop Bates and the Earl of Morland had been madly in love -- until a foolish quarrel sent them on their separate ways. Now they had come together again as a beautiful widow and a lord whose wife had passed away. Certainly there was no longer any question of love between them. They could agree only to disagree on every matter except one. Harriet's romantic daughter, Lark, and Morland's hotheaded son, Andrew had made the terrible mistake of entering into an unthinkable marital mismatch.

It was mature wisdom against youthful folly, cool reason against hot passion, as Harriet and the earl used all their power as parents to drive a wedge between offspring who refused to listen to anything but their own hearts. But all too soon Harriet found herself in another struggle as well. Not only did she have to defeat her daughter's desire, she had to defuse her own...