The Viscount's Scandalous Affair

<p><strong style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)><em>Why not have a short dalliance with me? In the cold desert of my spinsterhood I assure you I will not treasure my virtue half as much as the memories of sensual pleasures with you. </em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)><em>?</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Life has not been kind to Charlotte Harding. Orphaned impoverished and plain-looking she depends on the charity of relatives who take her in when she has nowhere else to go. In their London home she meets the rich and handsome Viscount Stanton who is promised to the beautiful heiress Miss Powell. Charlotte is smitten with him on first sight but the Viscount barely notices her except to note her unprepossessing looks and shabby dress.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>One night at a society ball Charlotte accidentally witnesses a secret tryst between the viscount and his mistress - and is unfortunately discovered. Her silence is bought with an unforgettable kiss that leaves Charlotte yearning for more. So when she learns that the viscount has ended his relationship with his mistress Charlotte seizes the opportunity to make him a scandalous offer - a short discreet affair in return for memories to treasure in her spinsterhood.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Viscount's Scandalous Affair is the first novel in</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Stanton Legacy</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>series. Set in 1835 it features an illicit affair between two unlikely lovers whose emotional and bumpy journey into love ends in a happily ever after. If you're a fan of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer but would like to read a romance with high spice then this book is for you.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Stanton Legacy series</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>#1: The Viscount's Scandalous Affair</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>#2: The Vixen's Unlikely Marriage</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>#3: The Bluestocking's Secret Obsession</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>#4: The Viscount's Forbidden Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>#5: Miss Stanton Meets her Match (spin-off novella)</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>#6: Mr Templeton Finds Himself a Wife (spin-off novella)</span></p>