Ever Yours, Annabelle: A Rescued from Ruin Prequel

A full-length prequel novel in Elisa Braden’s beloved Rescued from Ruin series, this is the romantic, sensual tale of how the first Huxley sister fell in love ... and how the boy she loved became the man she couldn’t resist.She’s not one for half measuresLady Annabelle Huxley believes anything worth doing is worth doing boldly, and that includes adoring Robert Conrad. As a girl, she chased him with reckless abandon, and he always rescued her when she pushed too far ... until the day rescuing her cost him everything—and lost her the boy she loved as no other.He’s not the boy she remembersThe accident that shattered his body and his future left Robert Conrad fighting a battle only the hardest men win. After seven hellish years, even his tough soldier of a grandfather thinks he needs a wife to “civilize” him. But the season’s sole temptation is Annabelle, no longer a worshipful girl, now a siren with a womanly laugh, sarcastic mouth, and curves to make an uncivilized man sweat.Love this powerful is not so easily brokenHer habit of chasing trouble hasn’t changed. Neither has his driving need to protect her. So, when a scandalous secret draws danger too close, he’ll wield his weapons ruthlessly—blackmail, betrothal, seduction—to keep her safe once more. And when his strength is all that stands between her and a perilous abyss, she’s reminded why loving Robert Conrad has always been the hardest habit to break.