Septembre, 1821. Lorsque son père annonce qu'elle doit se marier à l'ancien, au vicaire au sinistre visage, Lucy décide d'un plan désespéré. Volant son étalon précieux, elle s'échappe à travers les landes, pour tomber dans les mains de voleurs de chevaux notoires et les bras infidèles de leur meneur rude mais charmant.Elle est forcée de prendre part à leur crimes, mais lorsqu'elle essai de décevoir Philippe, fils du comte de Darwell, Lucy rencontre sa moitié. Philippe lui donne un ultimatum: aller à la potence o l'aider à récupérer les actes du Manoir Darwell et la perte des bijoux de sa mère.Maintenant, Lucy devait regagner sa liberté tout en perdant le cœur de l'étincelant, distant Philippe... qui ne lui faisait pas du tout confiance. Lorna Read was born in Liverpool and started writing at the age of six, when she wrote her first song (words and music) and first poem (about her cat!). When she was eleven, she wrote the first few chapters of a book featuring a Canadian lumberjack, which is still lurking in a battered old notebook. At school, she won several essay prizes and came second in an RSPCA essay competition.After gaining an Honours degree in English from Bangor University in North Wales, she moved to London and started work as an advertising copywriter, then spent several years as a rock music journalist whilst singing with her own band. Next came a stint with IPC Magazines as editor of romantic story magazine, Loving. During her decade on the title, she regularly appeared on radio and TV as an agony aunt.Lorna now lives in West London. The Earl's Captive is her first title for Next Chapter and she is currently working on the follow-up, The Earl's Concubine.
