Book excerpt: Through an exclusive arrangement with the publisher, Thorndike Press offers the finest selections from the popular Harlequin Romance line in a library hardcover format. Harlequin fans are delighted to find favorite authors like Betty Neels, Emma Darcy, and Penny Jordan published in easy-to-read, lightweight, durable hardcovers -- perfect for outreach and homebound library services. Shayne Beaumont dressed for the ball knowing she'd never meet a man she loved as much as her ex-husband. It was nine years since she'd been forced to annul her marriage to Chaz McIntyre. Chaz McIntyre had no idea whom invited him to a masked ball. When he proposed to a beautiful mystery woman, she turned out to be Shayne, the woman he'd once loved beyond life. Could Chaz ever truly forgive his long-lost bride?