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Marina Beaumont lives in modest quarters yet finds herself serving the gambling‑addicted Lady Luce, a woman of aristocratic standing who frequents an exclusive London gambling club. In the club’s glittering atmosphere Marina encounters Kit Stratton, a rakish young man whose flirtation masks a vendetta. Kit is determined to ruin the older woman, echoing the damage she once inflicted upon him five years earlier. As tensions rise, Marina must navigate the treacherous world of gambling, class distinctions, and lingering resentments.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Joanna Maitland
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