In Regency England, a beautiful young woman finds her life thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a handsome scoundrel.
Is it possible, Claire wonders, that she could discover the true meaning of love that has eluded her with this handsome stranger? One who will lay his life on the line in order to protect her from someone who is intent on placing Claire in the path of danger? With this sensual and entrancing tale, bestselling author Karen Robards continues her wonderful trilogy of three sisters taking their rightful place as the belles of Regency England’s ton. But even as Claire and Hugh engage in a battle of wits and wills, captor and captive find themselves drawn irresistibly to each other. Lives depend on his retrieving from her a letter full of secrets she intends to turn over to the enemy. Hugh Battancourt a dark and dangerous nobleman who long ago turned his back on the ton and now leads a life secretly dedicated to his country’s service is determined not to be swayed by his prisoner’s beauty as they share a cabin on a ship bound for France.
Then on a journey home to her husband’s estate on the coast of Sussex, she is abducted, and her life and her heart are changed forever. Bitterly hurt and desperately lonely, Claire vows nonetheless to take her expected place in society. Soon, however, the celebrated beauty realizes she wed a dissolute wastrel. With this beautifully rendered romance, bestselling author Karen Robards begins a sweeping series about three unforgettable sisters poised to take the ton by storm.Ĭlaire Banning fulfilled every debutante’s dream when she married a rich nobleman. Bound by secrets and lies, Gabby and the roguish adventurer strike sparks off each other and soon London society is abuzz over the Scandalous pair of ‘siblings’ who appear to be falling in love… For if she exposes this mysterious stranger’s deceit, she exposes her own.
But when a handsome gentleman arrives at the door and claims to be Marcus, Gabby’s plan backfires. She’ll keep up the pretense just long enough for Claire to marry a fabulously wealthy nobleman. Pretending that Marcus is still alive, Gabby arranges beautiful Claire’s London season. The family’s riches will pass to the next male heir a distant cousin and the Banning sisters are doomed unless Gabby thinks fast. England, 1810: When Lady Gabriella Banning receives word that her half brother, the Earl of Wickham, has died on his tea plantation in Ceylon, she faces the reality that she and her younger sisters, Claire and Elizabeth, are suddenly penniless.
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