My Beloved

“A rich tapestry of love...embroidered with golden threads of sensuality.”
—Stephanie Laurens

A classic love story from Karen Ranney, one of the true legends of historical romance, My Beloved tells the poignant, sensuous story of the fabled Langlinais Bride, who has not seen her husband since their wedding day, twelve years earlier. Judith Ivory calls Ranney, “A rich, rare find.” And with My Beloved, the beloved New York Times and USA Today bestselling author enchants with the story of a truly unforgettable reunion—as an errant bridegroom, forced by perilous circumstance to return to his untouched, abandoned wife, finds himself bewitched by the innocent angel he wed but never intended to love.

They call her theLanglinais Bride—though she'sseen her husband only one time . . .on their wedding day, twelve years ago.

For years naïve, convent-bred Julianadreaded being summoned to the side ofthe man she wed as a child so long ago. Now herhusband, Sebastian, Earl of Langlinais,has become ensnared in his villainous brother's wicked plots—and has no choice but toturn to his virgin bride for help.

Juliana now finds herself face-to-facewith a man so virile and so powerful that she'sfascinated by him—just as he asks her togo against everything she holds true. Sebastiannever counted on being enchanted bythe beauty of this innocent angel he intended tokeep as wife in name only—and hedares not reveal to her the secret reasonwhy their love can never be . . .