Searching for sunshine...

Lonely and depressed by far too much rain, Lord Randolph Lennox decides on impulse to take the first ship leaving London for the sunny Mediterranean. Chance brings him to Naples - where it's also raining. But the rain clears, and as he discovers the city, a pleasant young English governess rescues him from an altercation with a flirtatious girl and her protective family.

Miss Elizabeth Walker is between jobs and taking a holiday in Naples when she meets the quiet, handsome Englishman. When he proposes that she act as his guide for the next few days, she accepts because they enjoy each other's company. Elizabeth matter-of-factly recognizes that of course she'll fall quietly in love with him and nothing will come of it, but she'll have some lovely memories to cherish in her old age...and finding a second chance at love....

As they come to know each other better, Randolph starts thinking thoughts of forever, but that seems impossible - until fate takes an alarming hand.

Note: Lord Randolph also appears in the author's award-winning novel The Rake.

About the author: A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling author, Mary Jo Putney is the winner of numerous writing awards, including two RITAs, three Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, and the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from Romance Writers of America. She has had numerous books listed among Library Journal's and Booklist's best romances of the year.