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When her brief marriage to Lucas Coulter, the Marquess of Wortham, ends abruptly after her deceit is uncovered, Lady Emma is left in disgrace with her daughter Jenny. Scavenging for survival, she becomes a jewel thief, stealing from the very nobles who betrayed her. A decade later, Lucas spots her burglary and offers a sinister pact: an heir for her silence. Emma consents, not knowing the former husband will now be both her secret keeper and a seductive temptress, thrusting her into a world of danger and passion.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Barbara Dawson Smith
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