Author(s): Gayle Callen

Romance

This title is the second in a delicious new series from "USA Today" bestselling author Gayle Callen, about a wager between three gentlemen to find and seduce a scandalous woman. Peter Derby may be a self-made man, but there’s one thing…one person who will always be just out of his reach: The Duke of Madingley’s only sister, Lady Elizabeth Cabot. When Peter learns the she could be the model in the scandalous portrait that has London astir, he vows to discover the truth. Lady Elizabeth and her cousins long ago made a pact to protect one another from scandal…no matter the cost. But when a spurned former suitor attempts to blackmail her into marriage, she realizes her scandalous escapade might land her in a life she doesn’t want--and ruin her plans to find real love. And so she makes her childhood friend, Peter Derby, a most wicked proposal - pretend to be her fiancé…just until the Duke returns, and she’ll reveal the truth about the portrait. She never imagined that pretending to fall madly in love with Peter could be so…easy, and that the man she’s shared her past with, could suddenly, irreversibly become the man who’ll claim her future…and her heart.