As the youngest of Baron Ashby's all-female brood,
Henrietta Ashby decides to marry Sebastian, Viscount
Ravenswood. Never mind that he shows no interest other than
brotherly, Henrietta always gets what she wants. When
normal flirting does not produce results, she revises her
strategy and approaches a notorious retired courtesan to
teach her seduction techniques. Henrietta disregards her
sisters' warnings that Sebastian is a wicked rogue and
pursues him with single-minded determination. In her rosy
vision, she romanticizes Sebastian and does not see the
real man.
Sebastian, Viscount Ravenswood, swears never to marry. He
loves his life of sin and wicked women and has no interest
in reforming. When his brother married into the Ashby
family, Sebastian noticed Henrietta's girlhood crush on
him. After eight years of discouraging her and failing
miserably, Sebastian decides to travel and return to the
Ashbys only on special occasions. Surely, Henrietta will
fall in love with a proper gentleman.
Returning at Christmas, Henrietta perplexes him. The
mischievous young minx he knew is gone and in her place is
a sensual woman with smoldering eyes that bewitch him.
Henrietta's plan works like a charm until she finally sees
Sebastian as a genuine man with flaws. Disillusioned,
Henrietta denounces her love, but not before she's publicly
compromised.
Ms. Benedict gives new life to a familiar tale with her
excellent characters performing a sensual dance of
seduction complete with witty dialogue and clever schemes
that go awry. It's a difficult book to put down as the
first half is Henrietta's ploy for catching Sebastian and
the second half is Sebastian trying to win Henrietta's
love.
Unwilling to taint any woman with the terrible secret
hidden in his heart, Sebastian, Viscount Ravenswood, has
sworn never to marry. Luckily, whimsical Henrietta Ashby
was never much of a temptation for the devilishly handsome
rogue—until now. Suddenly, Henrietta has learned to seduce
him with a bewitching charm . . . and clandestine midnight
kisses.
Henrietta would go to any lengths to
catch the eye of the man she's long loved from afar—even
seeking the help of the most notorious courtesan in
England! But as Sebastian's secret follows them from the
ballroom to the boudoir, and his diabolical enemy plots
revenge, will Henrietta risk her life to offer him a
passionate redemption . . . or will he prove to be too
scandalous to wed?
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