Last season, Lady Nina Trent fell for a scoundrel. This year, she
intends to choose more wisely . . .
When a duke more interested in fox hunting and sports than womanizing
comes to town, Nina thinks him the perfect catch. Sadly, he doesn't seem
to notice her. But Lord Elliot Havenford, Baron Ralston, a notorious
flirt, has a proposition: he'll not only pretend to vie for her hand,
hoping to draw forth the duke's competitive nature, he'll also give Nina
lessons in seduction.
An aristocrat in possession of two dilapidated properties must be in
want of a fortune. Elliot's proposition is a subterfuge, for he hopes to
capture Nina's hand--and her dowry--by slyly seducing her himself.
Though he feels guilty over his deception, their interludes, filled with
dancing, flirtation, and increasingly heated kisses, are impossible to
regret . . . until he realizes he has unwittingly placed Nina in grave
danger.
What's a scoundrel in love to do, except finally risk his heart for
real?