title: Walking Woman: Step-by-Step to a Healthier Heart
author: Harriet W Hodgson MA
description: Harriet Hodgson has been a freelancer for 35+ years, is the author of hundreds of articles, and 32 published books. She started out writing for children, and her work gradually shifted to writing health and wellness resources for readers of all ages. She is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and World Speakers Association. A popular guest, Harriet hs appeared on more than 160 talk shows, including CBS Radio, and dozens of television stations, including CNN. Her work is cited in Who's Who of American Women, World Who's Who of Women, Contemporary authors, and other directories. Harriet lives in Rochester, Minnesota with her husband and twin grandchildren.
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  CAROUSEL OF HEARTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Mary Jo Putney
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  With a qualm that would have amazed the polite world, the dowager Lady
  Forrester drew a deep breath before announcing, “Since you refuse to engage a
  companion, I’ve done it for you.”
  
  Lady Antonia Thornton had been carefully darkening her brows, but at the
  statement she whipped her bright head around to stare at her aunt. “You did
  what?” she asked in a dangerous tone.
  
  Strong men had been known to crumble under the beautiful Lady Antonia’s
  cinnamon-brown gaze, but her aunt was made of sterner stuff. Lady Forrester
  had deliberately chosen to approach her niece in the young woman’s boudoir,
  hoping that the informal setting might make the girl more malleable.
  
  It had been a very slim hope. “I have engaged a companion for you. It is bad
  enough that you insist on setting up your own establishment now that your
  father is dead, but it is unthinkable that you should live alone.”
  
  Antonia swiveled around on the chair 