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Pubblicato il 24 Luglio 2003 da Harlequin.
Wicked Wager
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Lord Anthony Nelthorpe had committed many sins-not the least of which was his hare-brained attempt to seduce the wellbred Jenna Montague Fairchild into marrying him. But that was three years past, before the war magnified life's conceit; after Waterloo, he, who scoffed at honor, was nursed back to health by the very woman he'd wronged, while her husband, a man of honor, Jenna could not save. Back in London, Tony seized the chance to shake the wealthy young widow out of her frightening apathy-even if he was the last man on earth she wanted to see. He hit upon a challenge: since Jenna was the instrument of saving his rascal skin, did she not owe it to all those heroes to make a better man of him? She would train him until Christmas-the season of miracles. Now Tony just had to figure out how to win this wager without wanting …
Lord Anthony Nelthorpe had committed many sins-not the least of which was his hare-brained attempt to seduce the wellbred Jenna Montague Fairchild into marrying him. But that was three years past, before the war magnified life's conceit; after Waterloo, he, who scoffed at honor, was nursed back to health by the very woman he'd wronged, while her husband, a man of honor, Jenna could not save. Back in London, Tony seized the chance to shake the wealthy young widow out of her frightening apathy-even if he was the last man on earth she wanted to see. He hit upon a challenge: since Jenna was the instrument of saving his rascal skin, did she not owe it to all those heroes to make a better man of him? She would train him until Christmas-the season of miracles. Now Tony just had to figure out how to win this wager without wanting her all over again....