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  1. FIRST WALTZ
  2. Also by
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. CHAPTER ONE
  8. CHAPTER TWO
  9. CHAPTER THREE
  10. CHAPTER FOUR
  11. CHAPTER FIVE
  12. CHAPTER SIX
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT
  15. CHAPTER NINE
  16. CHAPTER TEN
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  44. EPILOGUE
  45. AUTHOR’S NOTES

If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the Publisher and neither the Author nor the Publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”

ZEBRA BOOKS and the Z logo Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM Off.

ISBN: 978-1-4201-5446-7

ISBN-13: 978-1-4201-5447-4 (eBook)

Dedication

This book is for everyone trying to find the perfect match for them. Albeit the list Eleanor, Alice, and Madeline wrote is a bit old-fashioned for today, the concept is sound. When we were dating some forty years ago, I told my husband any man I married had to be able to cook, clean, and take care of babies. The baby is grown, but he still cooks and cleans.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Anyone involved in the publishing process knows it takes a team effort to get a book from that inkling in an author’s head to the printed or digital page. I’d like to thank my beta readers, Jenna, Doreen, and Margaret for their comments and suggestions. To my agents, Deidre Knight and Janna Bonikowski, and my wonderful editor, John Scognamilgio, for helping me think through parts of this book and for their advice.

Again for John, who loves my books enough to contract them for Kensington. To the Kensington team, Vida, Jane, and Lauren, who do such a tremendous job of publicity. And to the copyeditors who find all the niggling mistakes I never am able to see.

As sad as it was, I had to add two new Great Danes due to the death of Duke and Daisy. As they always do, members of my readers’ group, The Worthingtons, came through. Thank you to Michael Ransom and Chasity Parrish, who thought of the perfect Zeus and Posey respectively.

Last, but certainly not least, to my readers. Without you, none of this would be worth it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for loving my stories!

I love to hear from my readers, so feel free to contact me on my website or on Facebook if you have questions. Those links and my newsletter link can be found at:

On to the next book!

Ella

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER ONE

February 1821, near Birmingham, England

Lady Eleanor Carpenter gazed out at the ice-covered hedgerows and pulled her fur-lined cloak tighter around herself. The day was bright but bitterly cold. She was returning from a visit to her elder sister, Charlotte, the Marchioness of Kenilworth. Across from Eleanor, Mrs. Parks was knitting. One of the Kenilworth neighbors, she had been glad of the invitation to accompany Charlotte on her journey back to Worthington Place, her home.

Eleanor’s view of the hedgerows was suddenly interrupted. She pounded on the roof. “Stop the coach!”

“My lady, what is it?” Mrs. Parks’s voice was a mix of worry and astonishment.