Being a charlatan was not the life Christina imagined for herself. But her father’s careless ways with money leave her no choice but to step in.
Her beauty makes it easy to lure men into her trap, allowing her father to extort money from them. Until she lures one that doesn’t want to play along.
The last thing Giles wants is to marry. Part-owner of a gaming hell, he has plenty of money and good friends. No wife needed.
But after being lured into Christina’s trap, walking away and leaving her to be a pawn in her father’s schemes would mean certain expulsion from his partnership.
There’s only one acceptable option—marry her, stow her away in the country, and forget the whole thing ever happened.
Giles tries to go back to his perfect life, but after treating Christina abysmally, and abandoning her, his guilt has other plans.
When remorse drives him back to his unwanted bride, his drunken apology turns into a disaster. To win Christina’s forgiveness, he’ll have to show that behind all the insolence is a man worth loving.
But after so many mistakes, can he ever earn her trust? Or has he doomed them both to a lifetime of loneliness?
