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When Dreams Come True

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Overview

Everyone knew the earl of Penhollow needed a wife, so one thunderous night the villagers gathered together to ask the ocean to deliver a bride to the bachelor lord . . .

The Sea Brought Him A Wife

When Pierce Kirrier, the handsome earl of Penhollow, rescued a mysterious beauty from the billowing ocean waves, he had no idea who she wasýor where she came from. But at the first sight of this enchanting maiden, he had to claim her for his own. Taking her back to Penhollow Hall, he pampered her like a princess, determined to win her trust and her heart.

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Bio of Cathy Maxwell

Cathy Maxwell spends hours in front of her computer pondering the question "Why do people fall in love?" The question remains for her the great mystery of life and the secret to happiness. She lives in beautiful Virginia with children, horses, dogs and cats.

Customer Reviews

  • 5 stars out of 5An oddly endearing story.

    Posted November 18, 2008 by Lena, Hawaii

    What a great find this story was for me. I only recently discovered the perks to reading books that are written by Ms. Maxwell. I started out with "All things beautiful" which I loved....and then looked on and found this one. I was not disappointed in any way..I found this to be a very sweet and oddly endearing story. I loved everything about it and everyone in it, even His Mother believe it or not! The storyline flowed nicely and never seemed to slow or lose my interest. I wasn't bored at all by it and as a serious reader to me that's what most important finding a great story where the main character's pace themselves and really take their time to work and build a solid relationship, which makes for a good strong story. That will still hold your curiosity even after the first love scene is over.

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Imprint

HarperCollins

Filesize

682.22 KB

Number of Pages

384

eBook ISBN

9780061212192

Excerpt from: When Dreams Come True by Cathy Maxwell

London
Theirs was a forbidden friendship. The vicar's wife and the whore. Two lives as boldly different as the sun from the moon, and yet, friendship thrived.

Now it was about to end.

From the safety of a clump of overgrown boxwoods that hid the secret door in the garden wall between the vicarage and the brothel, Eden watched her friend Mary Westchester, the vicar's wife, who sat on a bench in the dappled shade of her garden waiting for Eden to appear. Today, Mary had brought her elevenmonth-old daughter Dorothy, knowing the presence of the child would be a rare and welcome treat. She leaned back and held her babe high above her head. Dorothy giggled delight and, laughing, her mother dropped her down and hugged her close.

Eden stood riveted by the sight and sound of the child's laughter.

The door that separated the modest vicarage from the house where Eden lived was a reminder of the days when both houses had been part of the same abbey. Eden's home, a four-story Gothic structure built of stone and mortar located not far from the financial center .Of London, was now an infamous, but expensively discreet brothel ironically called the Abbey.

A wave of jealousy shot through Eden. She ruthlessly pushed the ugly emotion aside. It was not Mary's fault that their lots in life were so different, or that Eden's life was about to be turned upside down . . .

"Hello," Eden said, stepping from her hiding place.

Mary turned with surprise, and then smiled, holding up the baby. "I brought Dorothy. My mother-in-law wasn't feeling well and I was a le to sneak the baby out of the house. She hardly ever lets me take Dorothy anywhere. She insists fresh air is bad for children, but I know she is wrong."