
In 1988, she retired from teaching after 20 years to pursue her dream to write full-time. Her first book, a Regency love story, was published in 1985 as A Masked Deception under her married name. Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. She also enjoys watching tennis and curling.

When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, music and knitting. She married her Canadian husband, Robert Balogh, and had three children, Jacqueline, Christopher and Sian. After graduating from university, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high school English, on a two-year teaching contract in 1967. Mary Jenkins was born in 1944 in Swansea, Wales, UK. And as he moves closer to the truth, Peter is certain of one thing: he will defy the mysteries of her past for a future with this exquisite creature-all Susanna must do is trust him with the most precious secret of all. Now more determined than ever to keep her by his side, Peter begins to suspect that a tragic history still haunts Susanna. until a sensual game of thrust-and-parry culminates in a glorious afternoon of passion. But the more he pursues, the more Susanna withdraws. and to the secrets she guards so desperately.įrom the moment they meet, Peter is drawn to Susanna’s independence, dazzled by her sharp wit-he simply must have her. Instantly she knows: this brash nobleman poses a threat to her heart. With his knowing smile and seductive gaze, Peter acts the rake but he stirs something in Susanna she has never felt before, a yearning that both frightens and dazzles her. Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, is utterly charming-and seemingly unaware that they have met before. and instantly feels the icy chill of recognition.

On a splendid August afternoon Susanna Osbourne is introduced to the most handsome man she has ever seen. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress.
