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- paperback· 179 pp9780425091203
First published 1986
Smiles of a summer night
April Jasper has had it with marriage. Yet her new employer, plantation owner Jules Robichaux, assumes she's on the prowl for a rich husband. Hired as nanny to his niece and nephew, April vows to ignore his insufferable arrogance. But Jules won't leave her alone! Like a modern Rhett Butler, he sweeps her away with cynical charm. Like a jealous lover, Ile accuses her of enticing his best friend. Like the rogue that he is, he smoothly seduces her under moonlit magnolias with his manly tenderness. Still, April knows his troubled past won't allow him to trust her. And without trust, he'll never truly love ...