Whirlwind affair - Jacquie D'Alessandro

Can an unconventional liaison turn into the love match of the season?

After the scandalous duel that made her a widow, Alberta Brown was left destitute--and in possession of a cache of ill-gotten goods. Determined to right the wrongs of her thieving husband, she sailed to England to locate the owner of a gentlemans ring bearing an intriguing coat of arms. But a series of mishaps on- board soon convinced Allie that she was enmeshed in a perilous game. Yet none was more dangerous--or irresistibly tempting--than the dashing stranger waiting on the dock.

The marriage-minded Lord Robert Jamison was searching for a woman who aroused that certain something. He never expected to find her in this uncommonly pretty, fiercely independent American hed been asked to escort back to a splendid country estate. Allie was in grave danger--worse, she vowed never to marry again. Yet Lord Roberts will was just as strong--and he planned to make this maddening creature his wife, even as passion drove them into each others arms...and a reckless liaison flamed into the seasons most indiscreet and irresistible affair of the heart.