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Breaking the code to her heart... Independent and stubbornly unmarried, Abbie Vayle has always been a little too smart for her own good.nbsp;nbsp;But she may have gone too far when she starts her own rare-book business--and accidentally acquires an antique book in Paris with a mysterious code scribbled in the margins.... Someone wants the book back--and is willing to kill to get it.nbsp;nbsp;The only trouble is, Abbie no longer has the book.nbsp;nbsp;It's locked away in the customs house in show more Dover.nbsp;nbsp;Now it's a race against time as Abbie stays one step ahead of her pursuers.nbsp;nbsp;The last person she wants to confide in is her best friend, Hugh Templar, whom she knows only as a formidable scholar who shares her passion for Roman antiquities. But as Hugh keeps turning up where she least expects him, a few things begin to dawn on her....Not only is Hugh surprisingly--in fact incredibly--handsome without his glasses on, but he's strangely "professional" in how he handles her mysterious enemies. Hugh is clearly not what he seems.nbsp;nbsp;And soon Abbie realizes that neither is she...as she discovers what it means to love with all her heart and soul. show lessTags
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Elizabeth Thornton was born Mary Forrest in Aberdeen, Scotland on January 24, 1940. She was an elementary school teacher before establishing the St. Swithin Street Nursery School in 1967. In 1969, she and her family moved to Winnipeg, Canada, where she continued her teaching career. In 1977, she was appointed as a Pastoral Assistant of a show more Presbyterian Church. In 1985, she received an honors degree in Classical Greek from the University of Winnipeg. Her first book, Bluestocking Bride, was published in 1987. She wrote over 30 romance novels during her lifetime including Scarlet Angel, Strangers at Dawn, Princess Charming, The Perfect Princess, Shady Lady, The Marriage Trap, and The Bachelor Trap. She received numerous awards including the Romantic Times Trophy Award for the best New Historical Regency Author and Best Historical Regency. She died on July 12, 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1999
- People/Characters
- Abbie Vayle; Hugh Templar
- First words
- The man who was after her didn't look like a killer.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But he gave her the words anyway.
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