It isn’t decent goggling about like that. “What’s the matter, Connie?” her brother demanded between mouthfuls. She let out a choking cough, then fell silent. Plackett sopped her plate with her bread, took a bite of it, and let the morsel fall to the floor, whilst her head lolled back upon her shoulders, and her eyes gazed blankly at the ceiling. On one particular Sunday evening in May, midway through the meal, Mrs. Plackett, with years of matrimonial experience behind her, could only agree. Aldous Godding’s firm belief, and his sister, the widow Mrs. Such self-denial would serve them well in their future callings as wives. The girls had learned to be content with buttered bread and hot beans, Sundays upon end. The privilege of watching the headmistress and her regular Sunday guest consume the veal that they, the young ladies themselves, had prepared, more than compensated for the lack of sufficient veal for all the table to share. But before the truth can be revealed, their investigation takes a deadly turn, one that might make Meredith's personal Nora Roberts Land go up in flames.Each Sunday afternoon at Saint Etheldreda’s School for Young Ladies on Prickwillow Road in Ely, Cambridgeshire, the seven enrolled young ladies were invited by custom to join Headmistress Constance Plackett while she entertained her younger brother, Mr. Could Tanner be her Nora Roberts hero? As they work together to uncover the truth behind a suspicious death, the depth of their feelings unfolds and both realize they've kept their secrets for far too long.
Meredith, who vowed never to date another journalist, begins to succumb. When the two meet, the sparks between them are undeniable. The mogul wants Meredith stopped, and he makes sure Tanner has no choice in the matter. Her article about discovering love a la Nora might air dirty laundry about her marriage to the media mogul, threatening his senate run. His assignment? Make his boss's ex-wife fall for him and then break her heart. Yet, before he can even unpack, he's headed to Colorado. War correspondent Tanner McBride has just returned stateside to work for a major newspaper, and the last thing he expects is blackmail. She's determined to find her own small-town Nora Roberts hero, prove that true love exists, and publish a story about her quest. But when her family asks her to temporarily help their Dare Valley, Colorado newspaper, she decides it's time to change her life and prove her ex wrong.
All dreams of happily ever after-or Nora Roberts Land as her mother calls it-went up in smoke. Journalist Meredith Hale's ex-husband claimed her Nora Roberts addiction gave her unrealistic expectations about marriage, and she believed him.
**Nora Roberts gave her blessing to Ava Miles for the use of her name in both the title and the premise in this suspenseful and emotional contemporary romance.**
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