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Aidan gaped as his daughter-- of late so determined to guard her dignity-- reached out to accept the toy then stroked the doll's tiny feathered bonnet. "It's adorable! I shall save it for when I have a little sis... ahem!" She dissolved into a fit of theatrical coughing.

"You know this woman?" Aidan interrupted, pinning his daughter with a glare. What he saw made his stomach knot. "Cassandra, what is this? Some sort of joke?"

"Joke?" What little color had stained the woman's cheeks drained away. "You can't mean you had no idea...."

"It's not a joke, Papa," Cassandra said, linking her arm through that of the stunned Englishwoman. "Miss Linton is the present I told you about."

"My present?" Aidan choked out, casting a wild glance from his daughter to the woman standing in his carriage circle. "What the devil is she supposed to be? A maid servant? A governess?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Papa." Cassandra laughed. "You don't need a governess."

"You drag some strange woman from who knows where, and tell me she's my present, and then say I'm being ridiculous?" He sucked in a deep breath, battling for inner balance. He knew damn well he shouldn't ask the question Cassandra was so obviously anticipating, but he couldn't help himself.

"If I don't need a governess, what in the blazes do I need?"

The girl who was the mirror image of Delia raised her chin with a pure Kane recklessness that always presaged disaster.

"What you need is a wife."

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KIMBERLY CATES

W
hen Kimberly Cates
was in third grade she informed her teacher that she didn't need to learn multiplication tables. She was going to be a writer when she grew up. Kimberly filled countless spiral notebooks with stories until, at age twenty-five, she received a birthday gift that changed her life: an electric typewriter. Kimberly wrote her first historical romance, sold it to Berkley Jove, and embarked on a thirty-year career as an author. Called “a master of the genre” by Romantic Times, her thirty-three bestselling, award-winning novels are noted for their endearing characters, emotional impact and their ability to transport the reader to the mists and magic of the British Isles.

Kimberly has also penned historical romances as Kimberleigh Caitlin and contemporary romances under the pseudonyms Kimberly Cates and Kim Cates.

She writes historical fiction as Ella March Chase. Her titles include:

THE VIRGIN QUEEN’S DAUGHTER
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THREE MAIDS FOR A CROWN
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THE QUEEN’S DWARF
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A graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, she spends her free time reading, hiking and continuing her quest to find a recipe for the perfect scone. Her favorite activity, however, is playing dragon with her grandchildren whose imaginations never fail to amaze her.

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