At Long Last

Lady Caroline Ashford collected husbands like some women collected Dresden china.  But over the years each had died an early death.  Was she cursed?  As a true believer in passion and love, she certainly hoped not.  But there was one man who eluded her, by her own choice, many years ago.  A pragmatic woman and knowing that life moves on, she'd found husbands, good men whom she'd respected and loved well.  Er, perhaps too well?   Now as she and her friend and business partner, the Dowager Lady Rutherford, settle into middle age and slow their pace a bit, a surprise awaits her.  A tall, handsome, tawny-haired Frenchman from her past arrives on her doorstep without warning, sending her into a dead faint.

As the Duke of Huntington's home becomes filled to the rafters with family, neighbors and guests for a mid-winter house party, high jinx and seductions abound.  .   It's enough to make a woman's head spin -- and Lady Caro's head does spin, as well as her heart, despite her best intentions not to fall in love and threaten a fourth's man's life, for goodness sake.  As a matter of fact, no one escapes this mid-winter madness that sweeps through Huntington Hall.  The final book of The School for Sophistication series brings many of the characters from previous romances together once again in a rollicking, romantic story that will warm your heart and certainly bring forth a chuckle or two.  Enjoy!