Charles Everett, Lord Dragoner, was manipulated by into
marriage with a commoner whose wealthy parents paid his
family to secure “connections” with the aristocracy. Their
daughter had loved him from afar, but he vanished the day
after the wedding and became a spy for Wellington. With the
war over, he returns to England to secure a divorce.
Delilah uses the opportunity to woo her husband. She
believes he personifies a line from his beloved
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure: “They say, best
men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become
much more the better for being a little bad.”
Semi-notable Error: On the cover, the heroine is
wearing the exact same dress worn by the heroine of
Francesca’s Rake, published more than two years
earlier by RandomHouse/Ballantine. I’m surprised the wealthy
Delilah bought a second-hand gown.
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