The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter: A Victorian Romance

England 1861. A world-weary rake and a prim vicars daughter are thrown together during a holiday house party. Will they discover theres more to each other than meets the eye? Or will revelations from the past end their fragile romance before it begins?A WORLD-WEARY RAKE After years of unbridled debauchery Tristan Sinclair Viscount St. Ashton has hit proverbial rock bottom. Seeking to escape his melancholy he takes refuge at one of Victorian societys most notorious house parties. As the Christmas season approaches he prepares to settle in for a month of heavy drinking...until an unexpected encounter changes his plans--and threatens his heart. A PRIM VICARS DAUGHTER Valentine March is not the drab little spinster she appears to be. When her new job as a ladys companion lands her smack in the middle of Yorkshire with Englands most infamous rake she resolves to keep her head down and her eyes fixed firmly on her future--a future which most definitely does not include a sinfully handsome viscount. A MATCH MADE IN SCANDAL A friendship is impossible. An affair out of the question. But when one reckless act binds them together will two star-crossed souls discover theres more to each other than meets the eye? Or will revelations from the past end their fragile romance before it begins?