Bedding the Marquess

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>When friendship turns to desire only love can make them whole...</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Gideon Bray Marquess of Swanleigh has always been a rake-a reckless charming scoundrel never meant for happily-ever-afters. Yet behind his careless smile lies a man scarred by neglect and desperate for the family he was denied. Only one woman has ever seen past the mask: Caroline Wells his dearest friend and the lone female in his notorious circle of comrades.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Cast out by both her family and Society after a youthful scandal Caroline long ago learned to live by her own rules. Gideon stood by her offering his loyalty when the rest of the world turned its back. But when one night of unbridled passion shatters this boundary between them Gideon shocks them both with an offer of marriage though neither of them knows quite how to transform years of friendship into the intimacy of husband and wife.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As they navigate a marriage of fiery attraction Gideon locates Oliver the half-brother he's sought for decades. At last the dream of family feels within his reach. But shadows cling to Oliver's past...and enemies soon strike at the women the brothers cherish most.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tropes You'll Love:</span></p><ul><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Friends to Lovers</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Marriage of Convenience / Unexpected Proposal</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rake Redeemed</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Scandalized Heroine / Fallen from Society</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Found Family / Healing the Past</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Protective Hero</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Second Chances & Emotional Healing</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Slow Burn Passion with Emotional Depth</strong></li></ul><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Note:</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line so this is a scorching-hot read with open-door steam.</span></p>