Deception by Perception (Paperback)

Paperback. In 1898, Allegra Grayson has one dream: to become a journalist in a world built to keep women like her silent, well-married, and safely behind a needlepoint hoop.Raised in Charleston's finishing-school society and unofficially promised to a proper gentleman of means, Allegra is expected to want nothing more than a household and a brood of children. But beneath her polished manners is a woman keeping secrets even her closest friends don't suspect -- and a heart set on a very different future.When circumstances carry her far from Charleston and into the path of a striking widowed rancher running his family's newspaper, Allegra finds herself unraveling every plan she'd carefully laid for her own life. He is guarded, grieving, and raising a young daughter alone. She is hiding more than anyone around her realizes. Between them grows a connection neither can explain -- and neither can resist.Deception by Perception is a lush, unhurried journey through Gilded Age society, family secrets, and a romance that builds from stolen glances to something neither Allegra nor Jeb ever expected to find. Told with rich period detail and simmering, explicit passion, this is a love story about the distance between who we're expected to be and who we truly are.Discover the secret Allegra has been keeping -- and the love that changes everything. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…