A Perfect Scandal

A LADY DETERMINED TO DEFY SOCIETY Lady Isabel Cameron has never aspired to be a dutiful wife. Her dream is to study art in Paris. But her father has engaged her to a pompous, aging lord with dwindling fortunes. Salvation arrives in the most unexpected form-Marcus Hawksley, her childhood flame, now returned, disgraced by society yet more compelling than ever. Isabel devises the perfect escape. She will solicit Marcus's assistance to destroy her reputation. A GENTLEMAN WITH NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE Scorned by the ton for earning his living as a stockbroker, Marcus Hawksley has learned not to care for the approval of others. But he draws the line at seducing innocents-until Isabel's reckless scheme leaves her the only witness against a lie that could truly ruin him. When her father demands a wedding, the pair strikes a bargain: a marriage of convenience, to be endured for six short months. But as the heat between them grows, what seemed a pretense becomes deliciously real...