In this captivating novel, Mary Balogh, the premier writer of Regency
romance, invites you into a world of scandal and seduction, of
glittering high society and intrigue, as an arrogant duke does the
unthinkable -- he falls in love with his mistress. She raced onto the
green, desperate to stop a duel. In the mêlée, Jocelyn Dudley, Duke of
Tresham, was shot. To his astonishment, Tresham found himself hiring the
servant as his nurse. Jane Ingleby was far too bold for her own good.
Her blue eyes were the sort a man could drown in -- were it not for her
impudence. She questioned his every move, breached his secrets, touched
his soul. When he offered to set her up in his London town house, love
was the last thing on his mind. Jane tried to pretend it was strictly
business, an arrangement she was forced to accept in order to conceal a
dangerous secret. Surely there was nothing more perilous than being the
lover of such a man. Yet as she got past his devilish façade and saw the
noble heart within, she knew the greatest jeopardy of all, a passion
that drove her to risk everything on one perfect month with the improper
gentleman who thought love was for fools.
