A KIND AND DECENT MAN

WHERE WAS THE TENDER MAN SHE KNEW BEFORE?

Mrs. Victoria Hart, recently widowed, suddenly found herself impoverished. Her only hope of financial aid was David, Viscount Courtenay—the man who'd loved and cherished her before abandoning her seven years previously.

A catastrophic dockside inferno had consumed her late husband's uninsured cargo, leaving forty thousand pounds of debt. To rescue her beloved estate of Hartfield and shelter her ailing father, she desperately needed an ally.

Now fabulously wealthy from London commerce, David had become as cold as he was powerful. Had seven bitter years truly destroyed every trace of his former devotion?

Suggesting a marriage of convenience, Victoria was horrified when David offered a different bargain instead—be his mistress! In exchange for clearing her ruined ledger, he demanded she relocate to town and submit to his pleasure. How could the chivalrous suitor of her youth now demand her complete surrender?
Second Chance Romance: Years after her father banished David as an impoverished younger son, the hardened peer returns from foreign battlefields unable to forget the only woman he ever courted.Forced Proximity: From unexpected encounters in shadowy London streets to a tense carriage journey through the midnight frost, private quarters make resisting temptation impossible.Morally Grey Hero: Hardened by cynical wagers at Watier's and ruthless commerce, David refuses to play the gentle suitor.Race Against Time: With local attorney Alexander Beresford pressing for an unwanted match and the bank demanding immediate payment, Victoria has only days to secure her family's safety.Also by This Author: Compromising the Duke's Daughter, The Rake's Ruined Lady and Rescued by the Forbidden Rake.