The Scent of Jasmine Author:Jude Deveraux The Scent of Jasmine — Jude Deveraux dazzles again with the next installment in her popular Edilean series. The Scent of Jasmine takes us to 1799, where a pampered young beauty leaves behind her patrician upbringing to go on the run with a convicted killer…. — That it wasn’t supposed to turn out this way is all Cay Harcourt can think about after h... more »er godfather’s plan to help Scotsman Alexander McDowell break out of prison goes terribly awry. Now she too is on the run, having aided his escape, and the crazy thing is, she’s never felt so free!
Alex, the son of an old friend of Cay’s father, insists he was framed for murder—and she believes him. She also suspects that beneath his unkempt appearance is a man she wouldn’t mind adding to her long list of suitors. As for Alex, he’s well aware that such close proximity to Cay would test the limits of a saint, something he decidedly is not. And when the pair meets up with the boat waiting to hide Alex deep inside the Everglades, he sends her away, never imagining she would dare to refuse. Now, amid the sultry atmosphere of uncharted land and unspeakable danger, will the unlikely couple stop sparring long enough to discover the promise and passion of love?« less