Dreaming

<p>Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW. A ray of summer sunshine! Jill Barnett has concocted another charming tale filled with witty dialog plenty of humor and a sprinkling of magic.</p><p><br></p><p>Most English girls meet their heart's desire across a crowded ballroom or in a genteel parlor. Letitia Olive Hornsby finds hers when she knocks him into a river. A curly-haired blue-eyed hellion of only eleven she decides even then that Richard the dashing handsome and totally disreputable son of the Earl of Downe is the white knight of her dreams.</p><p><br></p><p>Richard expects his life to be boring and restful once he's home but after a chance encounter with the meddlesome Letty and her obnoxious dog Gus he discovers there is no rest for the wicked. He soon finds himself captive aboard a smugglers' ship with an adoring young woman who is a walking catastrophe...and her enormous clod of a dog. </p><p><br></p><p>Never missing a beat she gets them into one hilarious predicament after another before Richard realizes that she might be the one woman who can save his black soul with a faith in him that is bright enough to burn the shadows from the darkest heart. If he can survive....</p>