Of course everything becomes more complicated when she refuses to sleep with her new husband, and he can’t understand why. She expects to travel to the United States, where she’s been accepted to study because she’s applied as a man, but this whole marriage thing runs a knife through her plans.

The problem is that Caroline is a brilliant woman and wants to study botany at university, but her gender prevents it. Grayson, a baron, will return the horses, and other property, if Brent (the hero) agrees to marry his spinster daughter. It’s my only regency historical (all my later books are Victorians), and is the story of an earl returning from war to discover his horses have been sold from under him to the father of Caroline Grayson. It was originally released in 1998, and won the Romance Writers of America RITA award for Best First Book of that year. Tell everyone about My Darling Caroline, please.ĪDELE ASHWORTH: Thanks so much for the invitation, Sandy! Let’s see… My Darling Caroline was my first published book, which Avon re-released yesterday.

You have some exciting news for romance readers. You have to be patient, however, it’s not being released until August!ĭUCK CHAT: Welcome to the Pond, Adele! We’re so glad you could be here today.

She’s one of those people you would definitely like to meet and becomes friends.īut there’s probably something special you’d like to know about Adele, so if you leave a question or comment, we’ll put you in the running for a copy of Adele’s next release, The Duke’s Captive. I know she’s a warm and funny person, and that’s just communicating through email with her. There’s really not much more I can tell you about Adele that isn’t discussed in the interview below. Adele Ashworth is here to talk about her books and anything else you’d like! You’re going to be so glad you stopped by today.

The Duke's Captive by Adele Ashworth