From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the first installment of the beloved Bedwyn saga.
Meet the Bedwyns: six brothers and sistersâmen and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality. Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction, where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandalâand where Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all.
Like all the Bedwyn men, Aidan has a reputation for cool arrogance. But this proud nobleman also possesses a loyal, passionate heartâand it is this fierce loyalty that has brought Colonel Lord Aidan to Ringwood Manor to honor a dying soldierâs request. Having promised to comfort and protect the manâs sister, Aidan never expected to find a headstrong, fiercely independent woman who wants no part of his protectionânor did he expect the feelings this beguiling creature would ignite in his guarded heart. And when a relative threatens to turn Eve out of her home, Aidan gallantly makes her an offer she canât refuse: marry him, if only to save her home. And now, as all of London breathlessly awaits the unveiling of the Lady Aidan Bedwyn, the strangest thing happens: With one touch, one searing embrace, Aidan and Eveâs âbusiness arrangementâ is about to be transformedâinto something slightly surprising.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress.
From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the first installment of the beloved Bedwyn saga.
Meet the Bedwyns: six brothers and sistersâmen and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality. Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction, where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandalâand where Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all.
Like all the Bedwyn men, Aidan has a reputation for cool arrogance. But this proud nobleman also possesses a loyal, passionate heartâand it is this fierce loyalty that has brought Colonel Lord Aidan to Ringwood Manor to honor a dying soldierâs request. Having promised to comfort and protect the manâs sister, Aidan never expected to find a headstrong, fiercely independent woman who wants no part of his protectionânor did he expect the feelings this beguiling creature would ignite in his guarded heart. And when a relative threatens to turn Eve out of her home, Aidan gallantly makes her an offer she canât refuse: marry him, if only to save her home. And now, as all of London breathlessly awaits the unveiling of the Lady Aidan Bedwyn, the strangest thing happens: With one touch, one searing embrace, Aidan and Eveâs âbusiness arrangementâ is about to be transformedâinto something slightly surprising.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress.