St. Martin's Press
November 2006
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Featuring: Simone Turnbridge; Tristan Townsend
352 pages ISBN: 0312347715 EAN: 9780312347710 Paperback Add to Wish List
Tristan Townsend has come home to London to assume his duties as the Marquis of Lockwood after all the men in his family have died. Desperate to rid himself of the βLockwood curseβ and restore his familyβs honor, marriage is the furthest thing from Tristanβs mindβ¦until he lays eyes on an enchanting stranger and vows to make her hisβ¦
Lady Simone Turnbridgeβbeautiful, bold, and with a scandalous pastβis not eager to be some wealthy manβs bride. Some men want her hand in marriage; others merely want her in their beds. She mocks them all with a twinkle in her eye, knowing not one of them can tame herβ¦
Tristan will do anything to have Simone in his bed and his ring on her finger. Simone, who has sworn to let no man control her, is held in thrall by her fascination with this forbidden Lockwood. But itβs too late to walk away nowβwhen the promise of passion is so wanton, wicked, and thoroughly wonderfulβ¦.