She dared to approach the masked, reclusive colonel for a donation…

And aroused the dormant desire of London’s legendary rake…

Once upon a time, the wealthy Earl of Ashby was a notorious libertine – damn-your-eyes handsome and dissolute – but the war against Napoleon has changed him. Now, years later, the former commander of the 18th Hussars is a scarred recluse, tormented by the horrors of war, consumed with self-hate and loneliness…

Society darling, Isabel Aubrey, is in need of an influential lord to champion her charity – helping destitute widows and orphans of war – and Colonel Lord Ashby is her prime candidate. The decorated war hero was her late brother’s best friend and senior officer on the Peninsula – and the dashing hussar of her girlhood dreams.

When the kind and beautiful Isabel explodes into Ashby’s solitary life, bringing passion and chaos with her, she stirs his deepest emotions – and a hope he dares not cling to. To keep her, he must seduce her, as only a rake can…

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First he gave her a wicked kiss…
Azure-eyed Alanis was by far the most exquisite treasure ever claimed by the black pirate known as the Viper, but his motives went deeper than his silken promise to ravish the feisty Yorkshire heiress. Commanding the waters of the Caribbean was his means to an end: reclaiming his birthright—and his blood debt against those who had betrayed him.

Then he gave her nights of wicked pleasure…
Comfortably betrothed to a nobleman, Alanis never imagined the heady emotions involved in the true games of seduction—games this blackguard seemed to thoroughly enjoy playing with her. Swept up into an adventure that soon revealed a gentleman and kindred spirit beneath the ruthless veneer of a privateer, Alanis began to soften towards her enigmatic captor, as her pride and her heart fell under his erotic spell…