A Dangerous Charade — Anne Barbour

Love in Disguise

Lovely Miss Alison Fox was a most proper young lady, a vicar's daughter and paid companion to the wealthy and aged Lady Edith Brent. In contrast, Miss Lissa Reynard was an immoral adventuress, winning vast sums from titled victims in London's most elegant gambling salons. None outside a trusted circle suspected that Alison and Lissa were one and the same -- until Lady Edith's nephew, the handsome, iron-willed Earl of Marchford, picked up the scent of scandal.

Suddenly Alison was faced with a double dilemma. She had to keep the insistent earl from exposing her secret life as well as hide what was happening to her heart for in his arms she found herself coming closer and closer to being both unmasked and undone....