Devon reached across the seat and grabbed the carriage blanket that was folded neatly in one corner. As he pulled the blanket toward him, a loud ping sounded in the carriage. Then another and another as something small and metal bounced along the floor and then rolled to a stop.

“No!” Devon closed his eyes, refusing to even look. Chase St. John had left the blasted talisman ring neatly tucked in Devon’s carriage blanket. And now, miles and miles from home, Devon was stuck, the ring was his.

He was doomed. Doomed unless he could come up with a way to circumvent the magical impulses of the ring.

The only hope Devon had was to avoid women. All of them. He reflected glumly on what he’d been told about Scottish women, of their innate passion and flaming good looks and in that instant, he knew he was damned.

Well and truly damned.

About the Author

KAREN HAWKINS discovered the joy of writing at the age of two when she found herself holding a red crayon and facing a lovely blank wall. Since then, she’s developed her skills beyond the crayon stage, though she admits that no matter her profession, her favorite exercise will always be writing checks at the local mall. A woman can never have too many shoes.

Winner of an RWA Favorite Book of the Year Award, as well as the prestigious Maggie Award for Excellence, Karen writes full time when not shopping for shoes.

You can contact Karen at P.O. Box 5292, Kingsport, TN 37663-5292 or visit her online at www.karenhawkins.com.

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Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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ePub edition February 2007 ISBN 9780061745669