Love Denied

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Years separated them. The past keeps them apart. Can a lifetime of loving bring them together again?</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Catherine Baring has chased her brother Laurence and the neighboring Sinclair boys through childhood into adulthood. She adores all three but it is the younger Sinclair Nicholas who owns her heart. When Nicholas leaves to join the fight against Napoleon she vows she will wait for him. However four years is a long time and circumstances change. Faced with the threat of a scandal that will lead to penury and worse possible criminal charges Catherine agrees to do the only thing that might deflect attention from their families-marry the elder Sinclair Daniel.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Daniel is killed before the two are wed and Nicholas is summoned from the battlefield to assume the role as heir to Woodfield Park. Disillusioned by the atrocities committed on the continent his brother's death is another blow. He clings to thoughts of Catherine certain that in her arms he will find the solace he craves.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Instead Nicholas finds betrayal and deceit. Catherine claims to love Nicholas but she refuses to repent for the betrothal to his brother. Nicholas buries his conflicting feelings and himself in the neglected affairs of the estate. But a lifetime of loving is hard to set aside and when he discovers a series of letters that reveal the truth behind the traitorous engagement he's not sure he can.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>As they struggle with loss and longing one thing becomes clear to both Nicholas and Catherine. Only in confronting the past can they hope to build new dreams for the future.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Honorable Intentions</u></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Love Denied</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Love Abandoned</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Love Unraveled</span></p>