Can a marriage arranged in childhood survive the earl's infamous reputation?The Honorable Miss Evangeline Rigsby has been engaged from the age of five to a man about whom she has only heard improper tales. On her twenty-fifth birthday, she is sent to the wild Cornish coast to wed her reclusive betrothed, sight unseen, and with no choice in the matter, for he holds her father's vowels and the mortgage to his townhouse in London.
Beyond annoyed, she is more than ready for a challenge of thwarting the wicked earl at every turn. Sebastian Hamilton, unrepentantly corrupted Earl of Reddingham, has been rejected from the London ton for a myriad of reasons. As duties and responsibilities press in, he's compelled to put his life in order, and since he has been engaged since a young man of fifteen, it's time to make the sacrifice.
The one saving grace of being leg-shackled is introducing his innocent bride to forbidden carnal pleasures. Perhaps she might help him regain his rightful place in society and respectability. Following a rather tempestuous nuptial ceremony, the earl sets out to initiate Evangeline into the world of scandal and sin. As each sensual night passes, confidences are exchanged that provide a closeness physical intimacy doesn't.
Emotions fly from them both, enhanced by mutual heat and attraction, but as an unexpected romance grows, fears creep in to stall their union. When a vicious squall blows in on the coast, they'll need to decide that vulnerability and wanting love isn't as horrid as they previously thought. But will three wicked nights be enough.
Can a marriage arranged in childhood survive the earl's infamous reputation?The Honorable Miss Evangeline Rigsby has been engaged from the age of five to a man about whom she has only heard improper tales. On her twenty-fifth birthday, she is sent to the wild Cornish coast to wed her reclusive betrothed, sight unseen, and with no choice in the matter, for he holds her father's vowels and the mortgage to his townhouse in London.
Beyond annoyed, she is more than ready for a challenge of thwarting the wicked earl at every turn. Sebastian Hamilton, unrepentantly corrupted Earl of Reddingham, has been rejected from the London ton for a myriad of reasons. As duties and responsibilities press in, he's compelled to put his life in order, and since he has been engaged since a young man of fifteen, it's time to make the sacrifice.
The one saving grace of being leg-shackled is introducing his innocent bride to forbidden carnal pleasures. Perhaps she might help him regain his rightful place in society and respectability. Following a rather tempestuous nuptial ceremony, the earl sets out to initiate Evangeline into the world of scandal and sin. As each sensual night passes, confidences are exchanged that provide a closeness physical intimacy doesn't.
Emotions fly from them both, enhanced by mutual heat and attraction, but as an unexpected romance grows, fears creep in to stall their union. When a vicious squall blows in on the coast, they'll need to decide that vulnerability and wanting love isn't as horrid as they previously thought. But will three wicked nights be enough.
