Lady's Lesson in Scandal

IN GRITTY, WORKING-CLASS LONDON, SHE DOES WHAT SHE MUST TO SURVIVE . . . When Nell Whitby breaks into an earls house on a midnight quest for revenge, she finds her pistol pointed at the wrong manone handsome as sin and naked as the day he was born. Pity hes a lunatic. He thinks her a missing heiress, but more to the point, hell help her escape the slums and right a grave injustice. Not a bad bargain. All she has to do is marry him. A NOTORIOUS LADIES MAN COULD TAKE HER FROM POVERTY TO OPULENCE . . . BUT AT WHAT PRICE? A rake of the first order, Simon St. Maur spent his restless youth burning every bridge he crossed. When he inherits an earldom without a single penny attached to it, he sees a chance to start overprovided he can find an heiress to fund his efforts. But his wicked reputation means courtship will be difficultuntil fate sends him the most notorious missing heiress in history. All he needs now is to make her into a lady and keep himself from making the only mistake that could ruin everything: falling in love. . . .