BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress.
âMatchless storytellerâ(Romantic Times) Mary Balogh weaves a tantalizing web of wit and seduction in her new novelâan irresistible tale of two unlikely lovers and one unforgettable summer.
Kit Butler is cool, dangerous, one of Londonâs mostinfamous bachelorsâmarriage is the last thing on his mind. But Kitâs family has other plans. Desperate to thwart his fatherâs matchmaking, Kit needs a bride...fast. Enter Miss Lauren Edgeworth.
A year after being abandoned at the altar, Lauren has determined that marriage is not for her. When these two fiercely independent souls meet, sparks flyâand a deal is hatched. Lauren will masquerade as Kitâs intended if he agrees to provide a passionate, adventurous, unforgettable summer. When summer ends, she will break off the engagement, rendering herself unmarriageable and leaving them both free. Everything is going perfectlyâuntil Kit does the unthinkable: He begins to fall in love. A summer to remember is not enough for him. But how can he convince Lauren to be his...for better, for worse, for the rest of their lives?
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress.
âMatchless storytellerâ(Romantic Times) Mary Balogh weaves a tantalizing web of wit and seduction in her new novelâan irresistible tale of two unlikely lovers and one unforgettable summer.
Kit Butler is cool, dangerous, one of Londonâs mostinfamous bachelorsâmarriage is the last thing on his mind. But Kitâs family has other plans. Desperate to thwart his fatherâs matchmaking, Kit needs a bride...fast. Enter Miss Lauren Edgeworth.
A year after being abandoned at the altar, Lauren has determined that marriage is not for her. When these two fiercely independent souls meet, sparks flyâand a deal is hatched. Lauren will masquerade as Kitâs intended if he agrees to provide a passionate, adventurous, unforgettable summer. When summer ends, she will break off the engagement, rendering herself unmarriageable and leaving them both free. Everything is going perfectlyâuntil Kit does the unthinkable: He begins to fall in love. A summer to remember is not enough for him. But how can he convince Lauren to be his...for better, for worse, for the rest of their lives?