Can an unconventional liaison turn into the love match of
the season?
After the scandalous duel that made her a widow, Alberta
Brown was left destitute--and in possession of a cache of
ill-gotten goods. Determined to right the wrongs of her
thieving husband, she sailed to England to locate the
owner of a gentleman’s ring bearing an intriguing coat of
arms. But a series of mishaps on- board soon convinced
Allie that she was enmeshed in a perilous game. Yet none
was more dangerous--or irresistibly tempting--than the
dashing stranger waiting on the dock.
The marriage-minded Lord Robert Jamison was searching for
a woman who aroused that certain something. He never
expected to find her in this uncommonly pretty, fiercely
independent American he’d been asked to escort back to a
splendid country estate. Allie was in grave danger--worse,
she vowed never to marry again. Yet Lord Robert’s will was
just as strong--and he planned to make this maddening
creature his wife, even as passion drove them into each
other’s arms...and a reckless liaison flamed into the
season’s most indiscreet and irresistible affair of the
heart.