This situation, which suited them both for a dozen years, is finally disrupted when Gina falls in love and asks for an annulment. Instead, she devoted herself to administering the ducal estates in her young husband's absence, while the 18-year-old duke settled in Greece to sculpt scandalous statues of naked women. Step three - don't fall in love with him.It should be galling for a bride to have her bridegroom flee the country only minutes after saying "I do." But for Gina, who was not yet 12 when she suddenly had to learn to be a proper duchess, it was a relief to find she wouldn't have to deal with becoming a wife to the childhood friend who was now her husband as well. Step two - make him break up with his mistress, the superbly sensual Fae Moullé, and transform him into a suitable suitor for the ideal wife that prim and proper Lady Clarissa Partridge would be. Step one - Stop his drinking, his gaming, and his wild revelry. But after he saves Emma from a life of indentured servitude and shame, Emma decides that it is her personal duty to save him from his wicked ways. The infamous Lord Ragsdale is as rich as sin, as sinful as he is rich, and as heartless as he is handsome.
" 'Pon my word, Emma, I hope you are worth five thousand pounds." "Thank goodness for that," he replied, keeping his tone light. "I'm not crying," she murmured, attempting to wipe away the tears. But was she merely leaving the frying pan and diving into the fiery arms of this unrepentant rake? A Regency romance original. She vowed to help him reform his ways so he could marry a woman of society.
The libertine Lord Ragsdale came to aid Emma, saving her from a lecherous brute's attempts to press her into indentured servitude. But after he saves Emma from a life of indentured servitude and shame, she decides it is her personal duty to save him from his reckless ways. The infamous Lord Ragsdale is as sinful as he is rich and as heartless as he is handsome.
Emma Costello owes a debt of honor to one of the most dishonorable lords in the realm.
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