Desperation and poverty have driven Cassandra to London in
search of a protector. With her tattered reputation
preceding her, she's forced to crash a ball where she looks
to seduce a wealthy man. The whispers follow her as they
murmur the gossip: There is Lady Paget, who took an axe
and killed her husband. Cassie hardens her heart with
her social mask firmly in place; she picks the Earl of
Merton. The angelic, young and handsome man does not stand
a chance against Cassie.
Stephen Huxtable, the Earl of Merton, is blessed with good
fortune; raised by his sisters in genteel poverty until he
unexpectedly inherited a title. With his sunny disposition,
Stephen is a popular bachelor, but he is in no hurry to
marry. When a beautiful woman bumps into him at a ball,
Stephen willingly falls into the web she weaves. The next
morning, reality invades. Cassie turns their pleasant
interlude into a business negotiation.
Cassie's mask slips a couple of times, allowing Stephen
glimpses of her vulnerability. Darkness surrounds Cassie,
and Stephen is unable to turn away from her. He promises to
show her happiness and joy. Stephen does not intend to form
any relationship except friendship with her. Young and
innocent debutantes dominate his dreams, not a complicated
woman loaded with excess baggage. His choice to befriend
her leads him into unexpected love. However, Cassie's
experience and loss of innocence makes her belief in
unconditional love nonexistent. To shatter her distrust,
Stephen must banish the darkness and show her love.
With brilliant precision, Ms. Balogh dissects the divergent
path that befalls two people. She examines the cause and
effect their choices make on their lives. Their hearts ache
for Cassie in her misery and rejoice when she chooses
love.
A multiple New York Times hardcover bestselling
author with nearly seven million copies of her books sold,
Mary Balogh confirms her position as “a veritable treasure,
a matchless storyteller who makes our hearts melt with
delight” (Romantic Times). In Seducing An Angel, she
continues the adventures begun with First Comes
Marriage, Then Comes Seduction, and At Last
Comes Love.
Banished, destitute, and labeled a murderess, Cassandra,
Lady Paget, arrives in Regency London determined to overcome
the reputation that has preceded her and to find a wealthy
gentleman who can restore her to the extravagant life to
which she’s grown accustomed. She sets her sights on
Stephen, Earl of Merton – an angelic-looking man of means
who surely cannot resist her. Intrigued by Cassandra’s
charm, Stephen agrees to make her his mistress.
But despite his looks and easy charm, Stephen is no angel,
and Cassandra soon realizes that there is a price to be paid
for trying to tempt one.
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