![]() But could a lady's sweet surrender open their hearts to the most unexpected arrival of all. But how can he resist this siren in widow's weeds, whose offer is simply too outrageously tempting to decline? Determined she'll get her money's worth, Theo endeavors to awaken this shamefully neglected beauty to the pleasures of the flesh-only to find her dead set against taking any enjoyment in the scandalous bargain. Theophilus Mirkwood ought to be insulted. Forsaking all she knows of propriety, Martha approaches her neighbor, a London exile with a wicked reputation, and offers a strictly business proposition: a month of illicit interludes. After all, if she has an heir on the way, her future will be secured. ![]() ![]() Newly widowed and desperate to protect her estate-and housemaids-from a predatory brother-in-law, Martha Russell conceives a daring plan. ![]()
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