by Andrea Kane
Kane posing with friends in various period costumes.
Kane’s publication party and her first book signing for the release of My Heart’s Desire in 1991.
Kane’s original New Jersey Romance Writers team; she was first conference chair and then president of the organization.
Kane and Wendi at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in San Antonio, in full costume.
Acknowledgments
LOVE AND GRATITUDE GO to the following, who, each in his own way, enabled me to tell Daphne and Pierce’s story:
Brad and Wendi, who are, quite simply, the loves of my life and the best of the best.
Plunk, who still never permits me to give anything short of my best, and who has patiently waited four years to see the words, “The last duke was dying….”
Pat, who offers her invaluable friendship with an open heart, a quick mind, a ready ear, and an interesting cup of tea.
Helen, who tirelessly helped me research everything from foxes’ dens to Victorian workhouses.
Clare, whose friendship and support lift my spirits, and whose sympathy meals feed my family at deadline.
Professor George Ford, who introduced me to the world of Charles Dickens and who taught me that writing is a gift to be ever savored, enhanced, and given free rein to fly.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
copyright © 1995 by Andrea Kane
cover design by Heidi North
978-1-4532-6555-0
This edition published in 2012 by Open Road Integrated Media
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