Jacob Linley, a long-time secondary character in some of her other books paired with Lydia Craven, oldest daughter of the legendary Derek Craven and the love of his life, Sara Fielding. 'Against the Odds' was an excellent wrap-up to Lisa Kleypas' Gambers of Craven's series, making it a perfect sweep of five-star reads. Has Lydia finally found the elusive love she's been longing for? Review But when they accidentally get locked in a wine cellar together on the eve of her wedding, confessions are made and real sparks fly.

When Jake kisses her on the night of her engagement party, it stirs a passion she's never felt before, though she thinks he's merely toying with her. Having calculated the odds of finding true love and discovering them to be abysmal, Lydia has decided she'd rather marry a man who shares her intellectual interests rather than waiting for something that might never happen. Ever since then, she and Jake have been like oil and water, always arguing about one thing or another when they're in shared company, leaving Lydia believing he doesn't care for her at all. But after overhearing the good doctor say he wasn't the least bit interested in her, she turned her attention fully on her mathematical computations.

Jacob Linley upon their first meeting four years ago. Genius mathematician, Lydia Craven, was rather smitten by the handsome Dr. Evernight Teen Summer Kick-off Blog Hop.Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin Launch.

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