Award-winning author Anne Gracie delivers the second in her enticing new series about four young women facing a life of destitutionโuntil a daring act changes their fortune and turns them each into a beautiful brideโฆ
Damaris Chanceโs unhappy past has turned her off the idea of marriage forever. But her guardian, Lady Beatrice Davenham, convinces her to make her coming out anywayโand have a season of carefree, uncomplicated fun.
When Damaris finds herself trapped in a compromising situation with the handsome rake Freddy Monkton-Coombes, she has no choice but to agree to wed himโas long as itโs in name only. Her new husband seems to accept her terms, but Freddy has a plan of his own: to seduce his reluctant winter bride.
Will Damarisโs secrets destroy her chance at true happiness? Or can Freddy help her cast off the shackles of the past, and yield to delicious temptation?
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