A reckless wager. A scandalous bargain. A love neither of them saw coming.
I never should have accepted the baron's wager. When he offered up a "rare family jewel" instead of coin, I expected an heirloom and not his sister, Miss Caroline Edwards, the diamond of the Season.
Honor demanded I walk away. Temptation made me stay.
Caroline is everything a gentleman should avoid-clever, independent, and entirely too irresistible. Desperate to escape an unwanted betrothal, she proposes a shocking bargain: if I pretend to court her, we can destroy her flawless reputation and set her free.
It should have been a harmless charade. But the more time I spend with Caroline-the stolen waltzes, the whispered laughter, the dangerous heat between us-the harder it becomes to remember which parts are pretend.
Now the stakes are far higher than I ever intended. Because the only thing more perilous than winning her... is losing her.
Viscount Kendrick