Rendezvous

From the elegently appointed drawing rooms ofLondon’s most exclusive clubs to an imposing countryestate in the heart of Dorset, comes a provocativetale of a free-thinking beauty, a dignified lord,and a mad impetuous love that defied alllogic …Augusta Ballinger was quite sure that it was all a dreadful mistake. The chillingly pompous and dangerous Earl of Graystone could not possibly wish to marry her. Why, it was rumored that his chosen bride must be a veritable model of virtue. And everyone knew that Augusta, as the last of the wild, reckless Northumberland Ballingers, was a woman who could not be bothered by society’s rules.That was why the spirited beauty had planned a midnight encounter to warn the earl off, to convince him that she would make him a very poor wife indeed. But when she crawled in through his darkened study window, Augusta only succeeded in strengthening Harry’s resolve: to kiss the laughter from those honeyed lips and teach this maddening miss to behave! How could he possibly know that it was he who was in for a lesson … as his brazen fiancee set out to win his heart-and an old and clever enemy stepped in to threaten their love, their honor, and their very lives?