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Book Synopsis''One of the best!'' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series
When adventure calls in the form of a handsome aristocrat, will Viola Kingsley throw all caution to the wind?
Two years after the death of the Earl of Riverdale, his family has overcome the shame of being stripped of their titles and fortune - except for his one-time countess, Viola. With her children grown and finding herself no longer part of the social whirl of the ton, she is uncertain where to look for happiness - until quite by accident her path crosses once again with that of the Marquess of Dorchester, Marcel Lamarr.
Marcel has been a notorious womanizer since the death of his wife nearly twenty years earlier. Viola caught his eye years ago, but she evaded his seduction at the time. She is all the more irresistible to him now.
When the two defy convention and run away together, they disc
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Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance. -- New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
Today's superstar heir to the marvelous legacy of Georgette Heyer (except a lot steamier). -- New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
A romance writer of mesmerizing intensity. -- New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney
