With Uncle Charles away, the rakes are out to play...

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Every rakehell in London seems to believe Regina Darlington is ripe for seduction without a protector at her side. They are mistaken. She is well-equipped to defend her virtue using an ancient warrior art she learned from her uncle. Protecting her heart is another matter entirely. When a down-and-out thief knocks himself unconscious robbing her uncle's townhouse, Regina takes pity on him and discovers she has no defenses against his charms—or a marriage of convenience that spoils all her plans.

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The price for his redemption is one more sin...

 

American scoundrel Xavier Vistoire gambled with the wrong man and lost his freedom. Now he has a chance to return home and atone for past mistakes, but first he must break into an earl's house and steal a map. After he surprises a goddess during her bath and falls down the stairs trying to escape her rabid poodle, he wakes to find he has a new jailer—one who quickly captures his heart. And he'll risk everything to protect his reluctant bride from an enemy willing to kill for what he wants.