BEFORE AND AFTER
When Catherine Durrell first met Dominic Reston, the Earl of Harwich, she was a mere girl. She fell in love with him instantly, helplessly --- and, sad to say, hopelessly. For Dominic saw her only as a child, if he noticed her at all.
But that was before Dominic wed a beauty whose faithlessness made him a cynic about all tender sentiments. And that was before Catherine became the toast of the aristocratic elite --- until a scandalous episode exiled her from polite society in disgrace.
Then they met again, and Catherine discovered her love for Dominic was as strong as ever --- and even more heartbreaking. For she was no longer the girl whose youth had made Dominic ignore her --- she was the woman whose folly he regarded with disdain ... especially after he was forced to make her his bride ...
