A Fragile Mask

Can Denzell thaw a beautiful snow maiden … or is he about to get his fingers burned?
Georgian England
When playboy Denzell Hawkeridge meets enigmatic Verena Chaceley, he senses a fire lurking beneath her icy exterior, and is determined to melt her heart.

No one in Tunbridge Wells knows anything about the mysterious young woman, or why she lives alone with her frail mother. But she is known to be private and reserved — and, as Denzell discovers, impervious to his charms.

For the first time he finds himself rebuffed — and smitten. Convinced that the beautiful, carefree woman he once glimpsed is the real Verena, he sets out to discover what lies beneath her chilly façade.