Originally published 06-10-08 in e-book format.
SummaryTo survive, she'll have to trust him with all her
secrets.
Nick is back.
After eight years of facing public scandal and private
humiliation with her head held high, Isobel's courage fails
when the man she never stopped loving returns and asks her
to marry him. Once he discovers her secret, he won't visit
her bed more than once. And she can't bear his rejection.
Nicholas, Marquis of Cardington, is confident he can cope
with the baggage Isobel carries from her first marriage. It
doesn't matter that the beautiful widow once left him to
elope with another man. After all, he was partly to blame
for that disaster. All that matters is he has always loved
her, and now she's free to accept his proposal.
Only on their wedding night does Nick learn the terrible
secret Isobel has harbored for eight long years. To win his
wife's trust will take every ounce of tenderness he
possesses—when what he really wants is to show her the
passion he saved for her and her alone.
But just as Isobel begins to believe her heart is safe with
Nick, the blackmailers who drove her first husband to
suicide reappear. And they want their pound of flesh.
Isobel must finally trust Nick with all her
secrets—and her life—or their enemies will
destroy them both.
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