In a time unlike any other, a family you'll never forget . . . Meet
the Huxtables--three headstrong sisters and their dashing brother--each
searching for love that's always a shocking indiscretion away. . . . In
her magnificent new novel, New York Times bestselling author Mary
Balogh sweeps us into a world of scandal and intrigue--glittering
Regency England--and introduces the youngest Huxtable: Stephen, the only
son. Here Stephen will risk his reputation and his heart as he enters a
scandalous liaison with the infamous beauty intent on seduction. But
when passion turns the tables on them both, who can say who has seduced
whom?
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**He must be wealthy, wellborn, and want her more than he wants any
other woman. Those are the conditions that must be met by the man
Cassandra Belmont chooses for her lover. Marriage is out of the question
for the destitute widow who stands accused of murdering her husband and
must now barter her beauty in order to survive. With seduction in mind,
she sets her sights on Stephen Huxtable, the irresistibly attractive
Earl of Merton and London's most eligible bachelor. But Stephen's first
intriguing glimpse of the mysterious, alluring Lady Paget convinces him
that he has found the ideal woman to share his bed. There is only one
caveat. This relationship fueled by mutual pleasure must be on his
terms.
As the two warily circle each other in a sensual dance of attack and
retreat, a single night of passion alters all the rules. Cassandra,
whose reputation is already in tatters, is now in danger of losing the
one thing she vowed never to give. And Stephen, who wants Cassandra more
than he has ever wanted any woman, won't rest until she has surrendered
everything--not as his mistress--but as his lover and wife. . . .
