Call her a romantic—or a fool, Lady Monique Cathdon is determined to marry for love. After watching her parents tolerate an arranged betrothal, life seems too short to be wasted on keeping up appearances.
After all, what’s the point of having a heart if one refuses to follow it?
With a smile the devil himself might be proud of, James Stanton is not what her mother would call “a matrimonial prospect”. Still, there’s something about the young man that sends Lady Monique’s heart thumping around her chest, and silences her voice of reason.
Unfortunately for Lady Monique, the stakes are high, and young ladies of the ton make for very poor gamblers. Especially when James Stanton is on the hunt for revenge, and won’t let an innocent woman—or his own passionate desires—get in the way of righting past wrongs.
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Sexual Content - 2/5
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Violence - /5
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Language - /5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 2/5
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Summary
This is an excellent book set in England\'s Regency period. Lady Monique is in her third season and is being pushed by her family to find a husband of nobility and wealth. She has shunned several prospects the past two seasons because she is determined to marry for love. Now she finds her prospects are low and she wonders if she will have to give up her dream of love. Then she meets James Stanton. She is drawn to him immediately. But when she discovers he is not of nobility she wills herself to forget him as a prospect. However, her heart will not listen to reason. Mr. Stanton finds himself going against reason also as his quest is revenge, not love.
Sensual feelings are described. The one sexscene is sweet and not graphic
Alcohol is mentioned several times.