Love at First Page

During a dazzling masquerade ball, an unexpected love is born…

In an era when women are expected to be delicate, discreet, and sensitive, Margaret Arden yearns for a different life. As an ambitious writer, her greatest dream is to see her novel published. But after a particularly harsh rejection from a well-known publishing house, her self-confidence is shaken – is her fate, after all, to remain forever trapped within the restrictive framework imposed on her by society, threatened by an inevitable marriage to someone she doesn't love?
Captain Bridger Darrow has returned from the front hoping to make a fresh start by taking over the management of his mentor's publishing house. But everything goes wrong – until some scattered pages of a fascinating novel fall into his hands. Bridger immediately knows he must publish it. However, when he meets the author – or, rather, the authoress – he is surprised to realize that it is the same woman he had previously rejected, and in a particularly offensive manner.
As he tries to earn her trust, a dangerous attraction begins to blossom between them, while a dazzling masquerade ball will bring to the surface scandals, misunderstandings, and the promise of a love that will change everything…