Red Rose

Red Rose

Red Rose is the digital reissue of a previously published and long out-of-print novel by New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh.<br /><br />Edward Marsh, Earl of Raymore, is a connoisseur of beauty, whether it be music or art or women. <br /><br />When he inherits two wards, however, and decides to marry them off as soon as possible during a London Season, he finds one of them virtually unmarriageable. Rosalind Dacey has none of the delicate, blond beauty of her cousin, and a pronounced limp resulting from a childhood riding accident has robbed her of grace and self-assurance. She resents what she sees as Edward's ruthless, high-handed tyranny, and he is infuriated by her outspoken stubbornness. <br /><br />Their volatile quarrels soon lead to passion of a different sort, however. And Rosalind possesses talent as a pianist that draws Edward secretly and against his will to listen, enthralled, to her daily practices in his music room…