Forced to marry in a cruel game of family greed, no one counted on Brandon and Justine falling in love. Not even Brandon and Justine. Gripping and sensual, a deeply romantic 18th century tale of deception and revenge, and the healing of two souls hungering for love and absolution. A fateful shipwreck leaves the young and wealthy Lord Brandon presumed dead, and his estate in England lies abandoned and ripe for the picking. Years later, his step-cousin Justine finds him alive and drug-addicted, and against his family’s wishes, boldly brings him home to reclaim his inheritance. Dark surprises disturb Brandon at every turn—a ruined property, a traitorous, bitter family, his fiancée married to his rival. And Justine, the shy, quiet girl he grew up with is no longer a little girl, but an alluring and determined young woman. Can he trust her or is she a part of the intricate web of lies and half-truths? As they work together to salvage what’s left of Wolfsgate and their place in society, age-old jealousies and shadowy secrets threaten at every turn, but irresistible passions run wild and prove even more powerful. Justine is his wife, after all. Justine and Brandon have been bound in a marriage forced upon them by their family for their own deceitful purposes. But the deep, loyal bond that grows between husband and wife isn’t part of their enemies’ plan. In fact, it could destroy their plan. No one counted on Brandon and Justine falling in love. Not even Brandon and Justine. >> Please Note: This book has been re-edited & re-formatted in July 2020 since the book's release in 2014 << "Sexy, dark, and suspenseful...Definitely not your mother's historical romance!" - Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews

An unexpected collision of schemes, ambitions, and desires can play havoc with your destiny. Suddenly, your world is burning, broken, gone forever. Glittering heiress Georgina Townsend’s world is shattered one night at a ball in London. To thwart her family’s distasteful plans for her, she needs to marry and fast, and seeks help from her older brother’s friend, the dashing rake Charles Montclare. As luck would have it, Charles’s older brother, Hugh, the newly named Earl of Ryvves and the ton’s most desirable bachelor, is in immediate need of a wife. Although he is reluctant to broker her engagement to his dissolute brother, Charles promises to assist the irresistible Georgina’s plan to save herself. Most irresistible. Extraordinarily tempting. Ravishing, in fact. Then a second shocking twist of fate occurs. A brutal third. And Charles and Georgina are plunged into scandal–a devastating duel, a mysterious death, a stolen necklace, haunting family secrets, and mayhem at the hands of a powerful Duke and Duchess. Charles, the determined bachelor, knows there is only one solution to avoid ruin and disgrace and stop the ugly rumors that have already begun: he and Georgina must marry. Recognizing what’s at stake for both of them if they do not marry and if they do, the bold Georgina agrees. The jaded aristocrat Charles knows that nothing good comes from marriage, and love is only a game to be played. But the fiery passion and growing connection he shares with the captivating Georgina awakens that long buried craving inside him for trust, genuine feeling and real love. Yet will he be able to let go of the demons of his past? With Charles at her side, the independent Georgina is finally free to come into her own, and she uncovers long-held secrets of her husband’s historic family estate, Ironvine. Together will Charles and Georgina find the answers they need and vanquish the lies and deceit that twist around them? Ironvine. A gripping and sensual tale of destiny shattered in a late 18th century world of glittering privilege and decadence. A deeply romantic story of unforeseen desires, illicit games of deception, and two burning souls hungering for personal freedom and genuine love.