A Beguiled Gentleman (The Bradley Brothers Book 1)

by Audra Wells

It had once been said that time heals all wounds, but Noah now wondered if that applied to things that were broken. Perhaps broken things never truly recovered, but rather limped along for the rest of their life.

“I will admit,” she continued as she turned to look at the passing trees lining the road, “that when faced with several disappointments consecutively, it is more difficult to see the good in things.”

“What else do I have to do all day? I am the perfect little heiress. I play the piano, I know three languages, I wear the most recent fashions of London—” Her words became urgent and heated, as if his question had broken a dam and things began spilling forth that she had desperately tried to barricade. She stopped, turning to face him, her face suddenly crestfallen. “And yet, what is my purpose? Is that all I am to do with my life?”