Sin and Scandal in England
Chapter One
England
For Bethany Munro, gaiety and frivolity ended the moment Ian Rockwell walked through the arched doorway.
As if the winter snowstorm outside had swept into the glittering ballroom, a stir of cool, speculative whispers reached those finding respite at the sumptuous buffet table in the back of the crowded room. A scandal in black, his broad shoulders shaped by an elegantly cut evening jacket, he walked with physical grace, a quick dimpled smile, and that promise of sin prevalent in his eyes—a gaze reserved solely for the woman on his arm.
Champagne flute arrested against her lips, Bethany found her breathing constricted by a tightly laced corset. Since venturing from secluded country life two years ago, she had learned quickly enough the world was rife with temptation. It surrounded her, taunted her. Yet she had never been tempted, for the carnal fantasy of only one man haunted her from the past and seemed to frame her future.
But now here he was, with the beautiful widowed Countess Dermott draped on his arm, the one man who had ruined all ... read full excerpt from: Sin and Scandal in England ebook
