She's actually a mountain girl, daughter of famous explorers who's sister Laurel has been kidnapped. Tall, dark, handsome, devoted to his duty as an army officer and to his men he needs excitement.Įnter LaReina, the singing duchess. 'Ring isn't dreamy, he's too straitlaced and perfect.

But this book stands alone in her series and no romance book I've ever read makes me cry so much, laugh so hard, or fall in love with the same man so often (just don't tell my future husband that). But he’d have to go on thinking she had some insane desire to sing opera to a bunch of ragtag miners-for she didn’t dare trust him with the truth…Ī huge Jude fan, and would read any of her novels based on hr authroship alone. Captain Montgomery might be smart enough to figure out that she was no European duchess, and gentleman enough not to take advantage of her. And she didn’t intend to explain her reasons for coming West to any high and mighty soldier. After all, a Civil War was brewing! But LaReina, The Singing Duchess-as Maddie was called-didn’t scare easily. Ring’s plan was to scare the little lady enough so that she’d hightail it for home. That was reason enough for a jealous, surly colonel to saddle Montgomery with a most peculiar assignment: to escort an opera singer into the Colorado gold fields. Bestselling author Jude Deveraux spins a rollicking story of a mismatched couple who unearth a sparkling, irresistible passion across the rugged West!Ĭaptain Ring Montgomery was handsome, a skilled rider, a crack shot, popular with the men and their ladies.

Mountain laurel by jude deveraux