Originally published in paperback in 11/91.
SummaryFrom the elegantly appointed drawing rooms of London's
most exclusive club to an imposing country estate in the
heart of Dorset comes a provocative tale of a free-thinking
beauty, a dignified lord, and a mad, impetuous love that
defied all logic...
Augusta Ballinger was quite sure that it was all a dreadful
mistake. The chillingly pompous and dangerously disturbing
Earl of Graystone could not possibly wish to marry her.
Why, it was rumored that his chosen bride must be a
veritable model of virtue. And everyone knew that Augusta,
as the last of the wild reckless Northumberland Ballingers,
was a woman who could not be bothered by society's rules.
That was why the spirited beauty had planned a midnight
encounter to warn the earl off, to convince him that she
would make him a very poor wife indeed. But when she
crawled in through his darkened study window, Augusta only
succeeded in strengthening Harry's resolve: to kiss the
laughter from those honeyed lips and teach his maddening
miss to behave! How could he possibly know that it he who
was in for a lesson...as his brazen fiancee set out to win
his heartand an old and clever enemy stepped in to
threaten their love, their honor, and their very lives?
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