But when he finally returns, Avery finds that his antagonist is not at all what he expected. Pray, do whatever you bloody well want, can, or must.” Avery’s inheritance is on hiatus after his uncle dies-and his childhood home is in the hands of some domineering usurper. “My Dear Miss Bede, Forgive me if I fail to shudder. There’s only one snag: Lily’s ward, the infuriating, incorrigible globe-trotter Avery Thorne. But she accepts the challenge, taking the opportunity to put her politics into practice. I will deliver to you an allowance and I will prove that women are just as capable as men.” Lillian Bede is shocked when she is tapped to run the affairs of an exquisite country manor. Thorne, For the next five years, I will profitably manage this estate. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Connie Brockway’s novel of unexpected love begins with a series of letters between a world-weary adventurer and the beautiful suffragette whose passion calls him home. Please visit my website to read an excerpt from MY DEAREST ENEMY as well as my other Dell! books. It's a story about finding your heart's desire. Unlike PILLOW TALK, right from the beginning they know exactly who each other is and just what giving in to that attraction means: the loss of the estate both spent years hoping to attain. As in PILLOW TALK, their antagonism is exploded by instant and intense physical attraction when they finally do meet. Both are masters of repartee and both more than willing to use that talent to verbally score off the other.

And it is! Set in late Victorian England, my book is about a man and a woman who have never met face-to-face but who have been forced into an unlikely written correspondence by a dead man's manipulation. I didn't realize until after seeing that old Rock Hudson/Doris Day chesnut on the late show a few nights ago how similar it is to my own recent release, MY DEAREST ENEMY. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. I shall look forward to making your acquaintance in my lawyer's office five years hence, when I take possession of Mill House. Pray, do whatever you bloody well want, can, or must. And at the end, I shall accept Mill House as my reward.įorgive me if I fail to shudder. I will deliver to you an allowance and I will prove that women are just as capable as men.

For the next five years, I will profitably manage this estate.

Though I know he never expected me to succeed, and for whatever reasons is using me to shame you, I accept his challenge. I intend to do whatever I must to abide by your late uncle's will and win Mill House. Now she brings you a unique and unforgettable love story that begins with a series of letters between a world-weary adventurer and the woman whose love brings him home. Breathtakingly romantic, startlingly original, Connie Brockway's novels have captured the hearts of readers and the raves of critics everywhere.

My Dearest Enemy by Connie Brockway