Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

The Duke of Jervaulx was brilliant and dangerous. Considered dissolute, reckless, and extravagant, he was transparently referred to as the ′D of J′ in scandal sheets, where he and his various exploits featured with frequency. But sometimes the most womanising rake can be irresistible, and even his most casual attentions fascinated the sheltered Maddy Timms, quiet daughter of a simple mathematician.

Laura Kinsale is a multiple winner and nominee for the Romance Writers of America's Best Novel of the Year award. After six years as a geologist, she became a romance writer, which entailed getting out of bed in the middle of the night and driving hundreds of miles alone across west Texas to sit at drilling rigs, don a hard hat, and try to boss around oil-covered males substantially larger than herself. She decided that this was pushing her luck. So she gave it all up to sit in a chair for lengthy periods of time, staring into space, trying to figure out What-Happens-Next. She and her husband, David, split their time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Austin, Texas.