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Jude Deveraux portrays the power of a woman set on a bold course for true love -- and the glory of fulÞlling a magniÞcent promise. River Lady Handsome plantation owner Wesley Stanford would barely recall the poverty-stricken young girl named Leah Simmons who adored him from afar years agoŠ.Now, in an unexpected twist of fate -- a chance encounter on the Virginia riverfront -- he will become Leah's reluctant husband. Determined to forge a new life in untamed Kentucky, Wesley discovers that the bride he hopes to abandon is passionate, proud, and brave -- and may be the woman he cannot live without.
My favorite of the James River series by Ms. Deveraux, it's great to revisit places I've read about and seeing a character come into their own is always enjoyable.