The boldest indiscretion of them all...Stephen's story
Huxtables #4
Dell
May 2010
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Featuring: Stephen Huxtable; Cassandra Belmont
320 pages ISBN: 0440244277 EAN: 9780440244271 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
In a time unlike any other, a family you’ll never forget
. . .
Meet the Huxtables—three headstrong sisters and their
dashing brother—each searching for love that’s always a
shocking indiscretion away. . . .
In her magnificent new novel, New York Times
bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into a world of
scandal and intrigue—glittering Regency England—and
introduces the youngest Huxtable: Stephen, the only son.
Here Stephen will risk his reputation and his heart as he
enters a scandalous liaison with the infamous beauty intent
on seduction. But when passion turns the tables on them
both, who can say who has seduced whom? He
must be wealthy, well-born, and want her more than he wants
any other woman. Those are the conditions that must be met
by the man Cassandra Belmont chooses for her lover. Marriage
is out of the question for the destitute widow who stands
accused of murdering her husband and must now barter her
beauty in order to survive. With seduction in mind, she sets
her sights on Stephen Huxtable, the irresistibly attractive
Earl of Merton and London’s most eligible bachelor. But
Stephen’s first intriguing glimpse of the mysterious,
alluring Lady Paget convinces him that he has found the
ideal woman to share his bed. There is only one caveat. This
relationship fueled by mutual pleasure must be on his
terms.
As the two warily circle each other in a
sensual dance of attack and retreat, a single night of
passion alters all the rules. Cassandra, whose reputation is
already in tatters, is now in danger of losing the one thing
she vowed never to give. And Stephen, who wants Cassandra
more than he has ever wanted any woman, won’t rest until she
has surrendered everything—not as his mistress—but as his
lover and wife. . . .