Pocket
April 2006
On Sale: April 1, 2006
Featuring: Margaret Landor; Sebastian Townshend
448 pages ISBN: 1416505466 EAN: 9781416505464 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Lady Margaret Landor first met Sebastian Townshend as a
child, when he caught her peeking into her older sister's
engagement ball. Tall, dashing, and charming, Sebastian
was one of the most sought-after bachelors in Kent and cut
a romantic figure she would not soon forget. Never did she
dream that one day she would be living at his family's
magnificent estate with Sebastian's father, the eighth
Earl of Edgewood, as her guardian and Sebastian banished
from his family due to the tragic results of a duel.
When life at Edgewood takes a sinister turn with the earl
suffering a suspicious number of life-threatening
accidents, Margaret wonders if Sebastian's younger brother
and his wife have grown impatient to inherit the earldom.
Setting out to find the one man she believes can set the
situation to rights, she discovers that Sebastian
Townshend has forged a new identity for himself on the
continent.
Now known as The Raven, a deadly mercenary, notorious for
accomplishing any mission no matter how seemingly
impossible, he has vowed never to return to England. Not
until Margaret meets his outrageous monetary demands does
Sebastian agree to return home, reluctantly posing as her
husband in order to facilitate his return to society. When
he learns she cannot afford to pay his fee, he suggests a
scandalous trade.
As Margaret and Sebastian work to uncover the intrigue at
his father's estate, a fierce passion blooms that neither
of them anticipated and neither can resist. But can
Margaret persuade Sebastian to abandon the dark path he
believes is his fate and claim the life - and love - he
deserves? Breathtaking in scope and wondrously passionate,
Marriage Most Scandalous isJohanna Lindsey at her finest.