{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "SHE NEEDED PROTECTION\u2014BUT COULD SHE TRUST HIM?\r\n\r\nEden Nairn, a widow, had been hiding from her tyrannical grandfather ever since the birth of her son\u2014the only male heir to his estate in the Northumbrian Hills. So when his handsome henchman, Brett Allard, finally tracked her down, she knew he'd be under strict orders to return there with her child.\r\n\r\nTo her surprise, however, Brett had his own axe to grind with her grandfather. \"Marry me, Eden,\" he suggested, \"and I'll see the old man doesn't ride roughshod over you.\"\r\n\r\nEden needed some form of protection. But she could never risk marrying again! Especially someone like Brett Allard\u2014just the kind of man she could love."}, "title": "The Waiting Man", "covers": [8577659, 6696370], "subject_places": ["Northumbria"], "subjects": ["Contemporary romance", "Love", "Fiction"], "subject_people": ["Eden Nairn", "Brett Allard"], "key": "/works/OL4412002W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL872203A"}}], "subject_times": ["1986"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T06:17:07.663840"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-01T19:59:23.251566"}}