Asked by her uncle to join her five female cousins in
London, heiress Lady Jane Pennington provides bait to the
bachelors for her dowerless cousins in hopes they will snag
a husband. Jane accepts the role of pampered society lady,
while trying to forget the years of deprivation she and her
mother endured after the death of her father. Her
obligation is now to provide Mother with all the comings
and goings from her uncle's home.
Ethan Damont, a disinherited merchant's son, dangles
between two worlds. Rejected by his father as a gambling
ne'er-do-well, Ethan courts society with his charming and
non-threatening behavior to the virgin debutantes. He's the
perfect extra man needed at dinner parties. He gambles with
the husbands and flirts with the innocent, while
entertaining the experienced ladies with his expertise in
the bedroom. His parasitic lifestyle fits him fine. When
he's unwillingly recruited to spy on a traitor, Ethan
rebels at the idea, until the traitor's delicious niece
tempts him to change his mind.
Jane finds Ethan outrageous and irresistible, but very
unsuitable. The temptation and promises Ethan sees in
Jane's eyes lands him in trouble. Danger ensues and Jane's
worst nightmares come true when she's committed against her
will in Bedlam Mental Hospital. Ethan, frantic to rescue
her, can't do so without compromising the mission.
Ms. Bradley weaves her tantalizing plot between two series,
Liar's Club and Royal Four, providing readers with rich
entertainment. The horrifying scene at Bedlam is riveting,
yet she balances the horror with passion and humor.
Ethan Damont's legendary gambling skills have earned him a
place at the gaming tables of London's most exclusive
homes. He has used his dubious place in Society to aid The
Liar's Club. But his latest favor to the group has not only
put his life in danger-it has thrown him together with the
woman who tempts him to forgo his rakish ways. Lady Jane
Pennington is the ravishing niece of a suspected traitor.
Now it's Ethan's job to discover if the woman he finds
irresistible is naïve to her uncle's deceit-or guilty of
treason against the Crown...
Jane can barely wait for the Season to end-until she meets
Ethan Damont. After a humiliating first encounter, Jane
expects a scoundrel like Ethan to joke at her expense.
Instead, he behaves like a perfect gentleman. But just as
Jane finds herself overcome by her desire for Ethan, he
takes her captive. Suddenly, she is pulled into a dangerous
world where it's impossible to know who is friend-and who
is foe. Will Ethan prove to be her undoing...or the love
she has always longed for?
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