Won by the Viscount

<p><strong><em>A reckless wager. A scandalous bargain. A love neither of them saw coming.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>I never should have accepted the baron's wager. When he offered up a rare family jewel instead of coin I expected an heirloom and not his sister Miss Caroline Edwards the diamond of the Season.</p><p></p><p>Honor demanded I walk away. Temptation made me stay.</p><p></p><p>Caroline is everything a gentleman should avoid-clever independent and entirely too irresistible. Desperate to escape an unwanted betrothal she proposes a shocking bargain: if I pretend to court her we can destroy her flawless reputation and set her free.</p><p></p><p>It should have been a harmless charade. But the more time I spend with Caroline-the stolen waltzes the whispered laughter the dangerous heat between us-the harder it becomes to remember which parts are pretend.</p><p></p><p>Now the stakes are far higher than I ever intended. Because the only thing more perilous than winning her... is losing her.</p><p></p><p>~ Viscount Kendrick</p>