For no gentleman is this more true than Charles Morwellan the eighth Earl of Meredith Although hes seen the many successful unions of his Cynster connections he has also watched his fathers obsessions nearly destroy their family and fortune a mistake Charles will not repeat But as Lord Meredith he must marry so he offers for Sarah the daughter of his neighbors Lord and Lady Conningham Shes intelligent enough to run his social life beautiful enough to grace his arm and old enough to know the value of his offer For most young ladies of the ton the right marriage is the culmination of years of training perfect deportment and intricate plans that would impress a general But as a lady of independent means with a life of her own Sarah is unwilling to wed unless it is for unbounded loveBut Charles always gets what he wants He convinces Sarah to give him two weeks to win her if he succeeds they will marry immediately And so begins an intense courtship By day Charles and Sarah are models of decorum indulging in innocuous walks polite conversation sedate waltzes Each night they steal away to the lush moonlit gardens where sensual embraces turn to searing kisses and much much more Both are swept away on a tide of passion and feeling neither can resistAnd yet after the wedding despite nights of insatiable passion Charles remains aloof as if the near-sinful sweetness of their nights exists only in a dream Sarah battles to prove that true love is a force that cant be contained a gift worth fighting for but its only when shes engulfed in a web of increasingly dangerous incidents that Charles discovers how much hes willing to surrender to protect the taste of innocence.
