{"product_id":"an-improper-situation-sydney-jane-baily-9780615701196","title":"An Improper Situation: Defiant Hearts Book One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Improper Situation\u003c\/i\u003e transports you from rural Colorado to exciting - sometimes downright dangerous - Beacon Hill, the heart of glittering Victorian-era Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow could a well-bred, intelligent woman not want two adorable children?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's what attorney Reed Malloy asks himself after an exhausting train ride from Boston to a dusty Colorado town with two orphans in tow. He's not prepared for Miss Charlotte Sanborn, who wears her independence like a suit of armor, cloaks her identity behind her pen name, and flat out refuses to raise her kin!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf all the gall! How dare this man stride into her home and expect her to rearrange her life?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte won't risk any more heartache, not after raising her brother by herself and watching him leave. So why do these children and this handsome stranger awaken a yearning for something more than the life she has painstakingly created?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne letter changes everything...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Charlotte forsakes all that's familiar and enters Reed's world of Boston high society, concealed malice abounds in the Beacon Hill mansions and ballrooms. Facing sinister forces and scorned women-and with passions ablaze-can Reed and Charlotte escape an \u003ci\u003eImproper Situation\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Improper Situation \u003c\/i\u003eis Book 1 in the Victorian-American series Defiant Hearts. Engaging, believable characters, attention to period detail, and sensual romance-all in this series by \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...the ending was perfect... Many wonderful characters including nasty villains and villainesses. I had a hard time putting it down!\" \u003ci\u003e Lady McNeill, Mrs. Condit, \u0026amp; Friends Read Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Delicately crafted, deliciously told. A book that transports you to a time and place from which you won't want to return.\" \u003ci\u003e Award-winning, bestselling author, Marliss Melton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sydney Jane Baily\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0615701191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780615701196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cat Whisker Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.78d","brand":"Sydney Jane Baily","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059414364415,"sku":"9780615701196","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2445c8ca-0616-4a95-b214-655b3952b1a2.jpg?v=1685058082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-improper-situation-sydney-jane-baily-9780615701196","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}