Lady Violet Everstone is quiet, obedient, and not the type of woman Tristan Buchanan usually pursues. If she wasn't so shy, she might find the courage to grant the viscount a smile. If she were brave, she would try mending his broken heart. She’s loved him since childhood, but wallflowers like herself are rarely noticed. Rather than risk certain heartache, she must abandon the foolish dream of becoming his wife.
Tristan, Viscount Longleigh, never expected his sister’s dearest friend to drop into his lap like a wayward kitten. While he’s hardly noticed Violet before, he certainly cannot ignore her now. Provoking this lush redhead until the hidden fires in her eyes roar to life becomes his greatest desire. Although she’s promised to another man, Tristan vows to show Violet she can claim her own destiny.
And that kiss they share?
It tempts fate and leaves Tristan with a decision to make.
Will he remain the carefree bachelor while his wild Violet is crushed by responsibility and duty?
Or become her knight in shining armor and sacrifice his heart for love?
April has been writing stories since she was in elementary school. She still has those old notebooks, and for a giggle might let you read them. Her style has sharpened since then, but the belief in the power of romance never changed. Readers will always find a happy ending at the end of her novels – after their favorite characters endure great angst, of course!
April lives on Florida’s Emerald Coast. Married for 32 years to her high school sweetheart, they have one married daughter. April is tolerated by a sassy Quarter Horse and suffers a rock-n-roll addiction. When not writing about romance, she and her husband attend concerts and plan trips to Nashville with their daughter and son-in-law.