What the Scoundrel Desires

Iona Shaughnessy has had enough of pitying glances and whispered speculation about her failed betrothal. When her mother insists that she secure a husband before Society brands her a pariah, Iona concocts the perfect solution: an imaginary suitor. She claims to be corresponding with an earl conveniently abroad, a gentleman she's never met and who knows nothing of her scheme. Her plan works brilliantly—until the earl himself appears on her doorstep.

Sebastian Mandeville is not who Iona thinks...