Bride Who Fell in Love with Her Husband (10 page)

If only Miss Eva had been at their ramshackle cottage when her father eagerly matched her with the earl, thinking he was doing right by her. Miss Eva would have quickly seen into the earl's black heart and done her formidable best to dissuade Father from his course.

Bleak images flashed unbidden into her mind of the long months that followed the marriage agreement. She closed her eyes and bit her lip to fight a whimper. A prickle of revulsion raised gooseflesh on her skin and she rubbed the chill from her flesh with her hands.

She would not think of
him
! She could not think of
him
!

When the earl slipped unwelcome into her thoughts, it was as if he still controlled her mind. She wouldn't allow it. Fourteen months of suffering were now behind her.

She was free, never again to be controlled by the vile whims of a man.

Then why couldn't she keep the nightmares away?

A small sound jerked her head upright, and she spun around to see a large body framed in the doorway. All she saw was the cut of an expensive coat and a crown of dark hair before the room spun and terror clouded her vision.

The earl! He'd found her!

She let out a small distressed cry and felt the floor drop out from beneath her feet.

Berkley Sensation Titles by Cheryl Ann Smith

THE SCHOOL FOR BRIDES

THE ACCIDENTAL COURTESAN

THE SCARLET BRIDE