Beautiful Lady Regina Tremaine has turned down so many suitors that she's called La Belle Dame Sans Merci. The truth: she won't marry because she carries a dark secret. She sees no good reason, however, why her brother shouldn't court the lovely Louisa North -- even if the girl's brother, the notorious "Dragon Viscount," objects.
Marcus North, Viscount Draker -- bastard son of the Prince of Wales -- is rumored to be a monster who holds women captive in his dark castle to have his way with them. He has been exiled from polite society for years. But when Lady Regina makes a plea on her brother's behalf, Marcus proposes an outrageous deal: her brother can court Louisa so long as Marcus can court Regina. Can the beauty and the beast survive a proper courtship when the devastatingly improper passion between them threatens to cause the scandal of the century?

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Received in the post - actually on Saturday when I wasn't home so I went to collect it from the sorting office today!!! Don't know this author so thanks for the introduction!!!

Although this is not my typical "read", it's actually a very entertaining "bodice ripper" type romance!!! Set in the early 1800's in England, in the upper class bordering-the-royal-circle set, Lady Regina and her brother Simon become entangled with Marcus Draker and his sister Louisa...... which ends happily for some of them, not quite so for one!!! Good fun....!

Left by the old prison and castle on a bench

Had a beautiful day in York and on leaving the train in Durham saw this little chap.... tonight/tomorrow's read methinks then will set him free again