Lillies on the Lake - Softcover

Stranded in Egypt and determined to raise another woman's newborn child despite the risk of scandal, Portia Merriem, the stepdaughter of a marquess, is desperate, until rescue arrives in the form of John Henry Lovell, a childhood friend, who offers her a marriage of convenience to protect her reputation. Original.

8217;d loved each other with all their hearts.
Now fate was giving them a second chance....

Bestselling, award-winning author Katherine Kingsley brings her sizzling blend of romance and sensuality to the tale of a woman who scandalizes Victorian London ... and the man who’d follow her to the ends of the earth if it would make her love him....

As the port of Alexandria came into view, Portia Merriem trembled with excitement. Here she was, the stepdaughter of a marquess, about to live an Egyptian adventure. But instead of enjoying thrilling excavations, Pip found herself on a houseboat on the Nile, praying for a miracle that would save her pregnant traveling companion.

When help finally arrived, she thought she must be dreaming. He was John Henry Lovell, the friend and protector of her childhood ... a world away from this powerful man who stared at her with the eyes of a stranger.

He’d loved her all his life. And now, like a ghost fr