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Eliza Dauntry was infamous.Most people assumed she was a wanton because she supported herself and her son by painting portraits of courtesans. Yet Eliza hadn't been tempted by a man since her husband's death. . . until she met Patrick Felham. An old friend of her husband and a one-time rake, Patrick awakened a yearning in Eliza that demanded to be satisfied at once. . . .Patrick was looking for an upright woman to become his wife and stepmother to his daughter, not a siren like Eliza Dauntry! But Eliza had aroused his desire ever since he saved her scandalous self-portrait from the auction house.The chance of an affair with the alluring widow was irresistible, but this notorious woman could also turn out to be his perfect bride. . .

Piecpadsmit gadus veca Bavarijas hercogiene Elizabete, deveta par Sisi, kopa ar vecako masu – jauna imperatora saderinato – brauc uz Habsburgu galmu. Driz pec ierasanas Sisi nonak negaiditas dilemmas prieksa, jo ir iemilejusies masas ligavaini. Franci Jozefu ir savaldzinajis Sisi vientiesigais sarms, energijas pilnais gars un skaistums, kam nav lidzinieku. Vins atsauc saderinasanos un pazino, ka velas preceties ar Sisi. Romans sniedz mums bagatigu ieskatu vesturiska perioda nianses un atklaj aizraujosus, smalki raksturotus telus, laujot ielukoties karaliskas gimenes gulamistabas un audiencu zales, paradot jauna gaisma mirdzoso Habsburgu imperiju un apburoso, tautas iemiloto “Pasaku karalieni”.