**** From New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan ... A Historical Romance Classic. ****"... delivers it all with page-turning romance!" -- Nora Roberts, New York Times bestselling authorShane Driscoll, Lord Ashton, loves his free-wheeling lifestyle. Now his cousin and dear friend, King Charles, has decided that Shane must take a wife and settle down.Claire Leyton, homeless and desperate, survives by her wits and her skill with a knife on the docks of England. When she picks the wrong sheep to fleece, Shane concocts a plan to use this clever actress in a bizarre plot to foil the king's plans. When the scheme goes awry, their lives and hearts hang in the balance."A popular writer of heartwarming, emotionally involving romances." -- Library Journal New York Times best-selling author Ruth Ryan Langan, who also writes under the pseudonym R. C. Ryan, is the author of over 100 novels, both contemporary romantic-suspense and historical adventure. Quite an accomplishment for this mother of five who, after her youngest child started school, gave herself the gift of an hour a day to follow her dream to become a published author.Ruth has given dozens of radio, television and print interviews across the country and Canada, and has been quoted in such diverse publications as THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and COSMOPOLITAN. Ruth has also been interviewed on CNN NEWS, as well as GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
