![]() Alleyne wakes in the brothel where Rachel has been nursing him with no idea who he is, but he nevertheless devises a madcap scheme to help the women regain their fortune: he'll pose as Rachel's husband so that she can claim her inheritance, which is due to her upon her marriage. To make matters worse, Rachel and the women have been cheated out of all their money by a fake clergyman. Alleyne owes his life to Rachel York, a well-bred young woman who's down on her luck-so down that she's taken refuge in a Belgian brothel run by four lively Englishwomen. ![]() As readers soon learn, however, he's merely injured. ![]() , diplomat Alleyne Bedwyn disappeared during the Battle of Waterloo and was presumed dead. In the author's previous Bedwyn family installment, Slightly Tempted ![]() Smart, playful and deliciously satisfying, Balogh's newest Regency-era romance takes a popular romance formula-the marriage of convenience-and gives it a creative twist. ![]()
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