Fresh Pick for Thursday, June 26th, 2014 is THE SEDUCTION OF SARAH MARKS by Kathleen Bittner Rothwidth:200px; Entangled Scandalous June 2014 On Sale: June 9, 2014 ISBN: 1622666992 EAN: 9781622666997 Kindle: B00KF2XWQ2 e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound The Seduction of Sarah Marks by Kathleen Bittner Roth England 1857 After a blow to her head, Sarah Marks awakens in a strange bed with a strange man and no memory of how she got there. Her handsome bedmate, Lord Eastleigh, tells her she’s suffering from amnesia and the best course of action is to travel home with him until she recovers her memory. Lord Eastleigh has his own reasons for helping Sarah and keeping her close. Reasons he cannot tell her. As they struggle to restore her memory, their undeniable, inadvisable attraction grows – until Sarah finally remembers the one thing that could keep them apart forever. Previous Picks

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