Gossip swirls around attractive Viscount Rotherby's widow,
Deirdre Wilks. Society believes her to be a harsh gold
digger with her disreputable household help and her strange
comings and goings since her husband's death. She offers no
explanations and keeps her background a mystery. When
Tristan, the Earl of Ellington, arrives on her doorstep
pleading for her assistance in locating his runaway sister,
Deirdre freezes, hoping he does not recognize her from
eight years ago.
Desperate after receiving no help from Bow Street, Tristan
seeks the woman he is told has connections in the London
slums, only to be refused. Mere hours have past since his
sister's disappearance, when her carpetbag is discovered in
a particularly dangerous slum. Fearing for his sister,
Tristan prepares to search every hovel until he finds her.
Tristan's guilt on his volatile relationship with his
rebellious sister weighs heavily on him. He deserted her
eight years ago, leaving after the death of their mother.
Upon his return, they've fought as he tries to assert
control over her activities.
After realizing she cannot let an innocent girl fall into
the depravity of the slums, Deirdre consents to help find
her. As they're pulled closer together in their search,
Deirdre falls in love with Tristan, fearing when her secret
is exposed, he will hate her.
Ms. Logan, an RWA Golden Heart winner, spins a tension-
filled romance. KISS IN THE DARK is a touching debut sure
to please readers.
Deirdre Wilks, the infamous Viscountess Rotherby, is
shunned by the ton, who whisper behind closed doors of her
shadowy past. And now every hope she harbors of repairing
her reputation is at risk when a desperate, dashing
gentleman comes to her for aid.
He has heard the rumors ... but fearing for his sister,
vanished somewhere in London's disreputable corners, Lord
Tristan Knight must seek help from the mysterious beauty.
Although her intentions are cloaked, Deirdre's warm heart
and enchanting face are more befitting an angel than a
sinner. And soon, Tristan realizes he can never relinquish
this bold and remarkable woman.
Yet Deirdre must guard a secret -- a shocking truth that,
once revealed, could destroy the passionate love he has
brought into her life.
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