The Hourglass (Signet Eclipse)
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ISBN: 045122079X / Publisher: Signet, March 2007
To save her reputation, Imogene Macklin, a disgraced soldier's widow who is pregnant and alone, agrees to marry Sir Coryn of Ardsley, who, unbeknownst to her, has been forced by the devil to atone for his former life as a Crusader.
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Coryn, Earl of Ardeth, has spent an eternity in Hell. Fed up, he gambles with the Devil and wins a second chance: if he can find his heart, his soul, and his hourglass in six months, he can return to life.Then he meets Genie, a disgraced water-girl at the Battle of Waterloo. Now, her only hope is this crazy stranger-and she's half-terrified of and half-in-love with the eccentric earl. Together they have to find his humanity, her social acceptance, and overcome someone bent on destroying their lives.
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