When the two defy convention and run away together, they discover that the ties of respectability are not so easily severed, and pleasure can ensnare you when you least expect it. A prize that eluded him before, she is all the more irresistible to him now although he is surprised to discover that she is as eager now for the excitement he offers as he is himself. Viola caught his eye when she herself was a young mother, but she evaded his seduction at the time.
Marcel Lamarr has been a notorious womanizer since the death of his wife nearly twenty years earlier. He still thought of his late wife as a girl, for she had died at the age of twenty-two when the twins were barely a year old. Adeline, who had been a careless, fun-loving girl, had detested her. With her children grown and herself no longer part of the social whirl of the ton, she is uncertain where to look for happiness-until quite by accident her path crosses once again with that of the Marquess of Dorchester, Marcel Lamarr. Jane Morrow was his late wife’s elder sisterstraitlaced and humorless and managing in her ways. Two years after the death of the Earl of Riverdale, his family has overcome the shame of being stripped of their titles and fortune-except for his onetime countess, Viola. Once the Countess of Riverdale, Viola Kingsley throws all caution to the wind when adventure calls in the form of a handsome aristocrat. She is all the more irresistible to him now. Viola caught his eye years ago, but she evaded his seduction at the time. Marcel has been a notorious womanizer since the death of his wife nearly twenty years earlier. With her children grown and finding herself no longer part of the social whirl of the ton, she is uncertain where to look for happiness - until quite by accident her path crosses once again with that of the Marquess of Dorchester, Marcel Lamarr.
'One of the best!' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series When adventure calls in the form of a handsome aristocrat, will Viola Kingsley throw all caution to the wind? Two years after the death of the Earl of Riverdale, his family has overcome the shame of being stripped of their titles and fortune - except for his one-time countess, Viola.
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