Guarded Heart (Mills & Boon Superhistorical)

Jennifer Blake

Jul 2008 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

They are the most dangerous men in New Orleans,

Skilled swordsmen who play by no rules but their own – heroes to some, wicked to many, irresistible to the women they love... When alluring widow Ariadne Faucher requests private lessons from rakish sword master Gavin Blackford, he cannot help but be fascinated by this statuesque beauty, cloaked as she is in mystery... Ariadne proves a quick study, her resolve fuelled by a passionate vendetta, and their lessons crackle with undeniable electricity.

But has her all-consuming vengeance rendered her heart impervious...even to such a virtuoso as Gavin?

About the author

Best-selling romance author, Jennifer Blake was born in Louisiana in 1942. She has written over 50 titles which have been published in 18 languages. Her titles include "Arrow to the Heart," "Silver-Tongued Devil," "Bride of a Stranger," "Royal Seduction," "Garden of Scandal," and the "Southern Gentlemen" series. Blake also writes mysteries under the pseudonymn Patricia Ponder, gothic romances as Elizabeth Treherne, contemporary romances as Patricia Maxwell and Maxine Patrick. Blake's works have earned her numerous awards and honors. She is Writer-in-Residence for the University of Northeastern Louisiana, and is a charter, and honorary, member of Romance Writers of America. In addition to those honors, she has received a Golden Treasure Award for Lifetime Achievement from Romance Writers of America and the Frank Waters Award for Excellence in Fiction and she was inducted into the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Romance Halls of Fame. Blake currently resides in Louisiana.