Heiress Antoinette Dupree has never misjudged a person as
thoroughly as she has Lord Rudyard Appleby. Believing him a
friend of her late father, she did not expect him to betray
her. His threats are simple. He wants her money and if she
will not marry him, he will harm her and marry her younger
sister. Having shredded her reputation, Lord Appleby sends
her to his estate to contemplate her choices. Traveling by
coach with Lord Appleby's minions, a highwayman holds up
Antoinette. She fears the mask man is in league with
Appleby and wants an incriminating letter she has hidden.
Gabriel Langley has vowed to destroy Appleby. Cheated out
of his family's estate, Gabriel needs to retrieve a letter
written by his mother to regain his inheritance and destroy
Appleby. Armed with information that Appleby's mistress is
arriving, Gabriel holds up the coach believing Antoinette
has the letter. When robbery does not gain him the
information, Gabriel begins to seduce the little sparrow.
Gabriel and Antoinette work at cross-purposes. Suspicion
keeps them from revealing their objectives but passion
keeps them together. Gabriel unleashes her wicked emotion
and Antoinette tames the wildness within him. Separately
they cannot defeat Appleby. They must overcome their fears
and trust one another before they can succeed.
Ms. Bennett creates a triangular conflict as Antoinette,
Gabriel and Appleby battle one another with no one knowing
whom to trust. With Gabriel and Antoinette's world in
jeopardy, they strike out, landing both in one perilous
adventure after another. An entertaining read with sparkle
and zest that will please readers.
Desperate to save her reputation, the beautiful heiress
Antoinette Dupre escapes to Wexmoor Manor, a country
estate in Devon. But she gets more than she bargained for
when she encounters a masked stranger who, with just one
touch, awakens in her an irresistible desire.
Gabriel Langley is on a mission. Antoinette has a
letter he needs to take back his family's ancestral home,
and he is willing to go to any lengths to claim it—even
seduce her. And though aware he is playing a dangerous
game, he cannot resist returning to her bed in the shadow
of darkness . . . to become her secret lover.
But
when Gabriel's true identity is revealed, their passionate
midnight interludes are threatened. And they must face a
web of scandal and blackmail that could destroy their one
chance for love . . .
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