A Whisper of Scandal — Janis Laden

ENRAGED BY A RAKE
Amanda was in a rage when the Earl of Ainsley had left the room. How dare he take such a tone with her! The impertinence of the man! Such insufferable conceit! It was obvious he assumed she would leave the management of Millfort Manor to him. It was equally obvious from the appraisal in his eyes that the Earl felt his co-guardianship of the estate entitled him to certain other privileges as well. Amanda may have been a very young widow, but she knew how to take care of herself--as the Earl would soon discover...

ENSNARED BY A SIREN
Ainsley was rather pleasantly surprised by his uncle's widow. Instead of the cheap, painted siren he had been led to expect, she had been more like a well-kept and undeniably beautiful courtesan. No wonder his uncle had been snared by her
fortune -hunting schemes.

Ainsley wouldn't mind being temporarily snared in her charms himself--it might be just the thing to ease the boredom of this visit to the country. And if Ainsley was not mistaken, he glimpsed sparks of true passion in those astonishing eyes--sparks which he knew just how to fan to life...

Hero: Charles Ainsley
Heroine: Lady Amanda Millfort