This ebook contains a bonus epilogue!Bestselling author Vanessa Kelly returns with an enthralling new series about the men of the Kendrick clanand the women who claim their hearts . . . Lady Ainsley Matthews, heiress and darling of the ton, was expected to make a magnificent match. Instead shes hiding on a remote Scottish estate, terrified that her vicious former fiancé will use her pregnancy to force her into marriage. One man can help herRoyal Kendrick, son of a distinguished Highland clan. Though a mistake drove them apart long ago, Royal is the only person Ainsley trusts to protect her babyeven if that means agreeing to never see either of them again . . . Scarred in body and soul by war, Royal suddenly has a purposecaring for an innocent babe and thereby helping the woman he cant stop loving. But when Ainsley ultimately returns to Scotland, determined to be a real mother to her child in spite of the risk, theres only one solution: marriage. And only one likely outcome: surrendering to the desire thats simmered between them for so long, no matter how dangerous it may be . . . Praise for Vanessa Kellys Improper Princesses series A thoroughly satisfying Regency romance.Publishers Weekly An enjoyable, thoughtful romance.Kirkus Reviews