{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-lady-harriett-anderson-2017","title":"The Pursuit of Lady Harriett","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrated as an Incomparable during her first London season, Lady Harriett Cavendish has beauty, confidence, and countless admirers—yet not a single one has managed to stir her heart. Enter Lieutenant Christopher Jamison: freshly returned from war and utterly unlike every polished suitor she’s dismissed. He is blunt, infuriating, and far too willing to challenge her carefully composed world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetermined to put the insolent lieutenant in his place, Harriett instead finds herself drawn into a battle of wit and will that leaves her dangerously off balance. For the first time, she discovers that love is not something to be conquered—and that losing control may cost her everything she thought she wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEXCERPT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe corners of the man's eyes crinkled in a mild show of amusement. \"Lady Harriett, I presume?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than look at her with appreciation as most men did, he appeared amused.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt her nod, he tucked his hands behind his back, remaining a few steps above her. \"I am Lieutenant Christopher Jamison, an old friend of Jonathan's.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I was expecting you days ago,\" she answered. \"Lord Jonathan charged me with the unhappy task of informing you he and his new bride are currently away on their wedding trip. He is sorry he cannot be here to meet with you and has asked that I relay his apologies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"May I inquire as to how long they will be away?\" he asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo, you may not, she wanted to say. Her neck was beginning to ache from looking up at him, but she forced her gaze to remain steady. \"They expected to be gone a fortnight, sir.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"And they have been gone how long, exactly?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe felt an unaccountable hesitancy to tell him. \"A week.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ah.\" He sounded disappointed but seemed to take the news in stride, glancing at Charlie as though wondering whether he ought to retrieve his horse or not. Harriett prayed that he would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen his gaze strayed back to her, he took the unwelcome, and ungentlemanly, liberty of perusing her figure. When his eyes met hers again, his lips twitched into a slight smile. \"Forgive me, my lady, but you appear to have had a run-in with a mud puddle and lost.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow kind of him to point that out. Harriett kept her hands at her side rather than attempt to brush the dirt from her face and pelisse yet again. The damage was done, and no amount of brushing or shaking would remove the muck. What she needed was a hot bath and a change of clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Actually, sir, I was merely an innocent bystander.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Indeed?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe picked up her skirts and ascended the steps, stopping on the stair above him so that she was eye level with him. \"Are you always such a reckless rider, sir? Do you not pay heed to your surroundings?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Of course I do.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you had, you would have seen me standing at the side of the road and, I would hope, thought to slow your animal down so as to not splash mud all over my pelisse.\" Her chilly set down did not have the desired effect. He did not appear the least bit repentant. Rather, he looked ready to burst into laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"And your face, apparently.\" He leaned forward and squinted. \"If I'm not mistaken, there is a splash or two of mud on your bonnet as well.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarriett glared at him. \"How observant you are, Lieutenant Jamison. One can only wonder why you didn't put that skill to good use earlier. If you had, perhaps my pelisse, face, and bonnet would still be clean.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I am always observant, my lady,\" he said. \"But might I suggest that if you would like to be noticed at the side of the road, you should wear a color that does not blend so perfectly with your surroundings. That particular shade of green looks quite lovely on you, but only someone with the eyes of an eagle would have spotted you in front of a landscape of evergreens.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarriett opened her mouth to respond, but no words were forthcoming. The man did not even attempt to behave like a gentleman. How could he be so . . . so . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Have you no apology to offer, sir?\" she finally spluttered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Oh, did I not apologize? Forgive me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For what? 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