e in its calmness. She could feel the fury emanating from h

s offer before he finds another suitor for

." He gave her a bitter look. "Have you any idea

!" She turned away from his condemning st

rigid back, wanting to shake her to

ry Miss Thornbury. You w

n fumed in resentment. "I'm to be sold as a titled stu

of despair as she turned back to f

You allow him to sell you, and go further to entrap Evercroft in such a disgraceful way. Be warned, Evercrof

One of the wealthiest and most eligible peers in society; he was determined to re

ht with rage. Those piercing green eyes glowed with the fires of hell to be undermined by a young woman. The disturbing gleam within th

realize this is what must happen for all of us." Aubrielle clasped he

you'll wish you had never agreed to this farce." Dorian'

e whispered in a hollow tone. "Even i

agree?" Dorian regarded her with distaste. "I will a

arry her despite what it would cost them all. He loved her, she knew, with a feel

is father's, worn and almost tattered, and attested to his family's reduced status. The servants couldn't be paid. They ran off month

wanted a title for his only child and daughter. He and the dowager Countess of Gale were determin

he marriage market. Even with the vast fortune, the man dangled over his daughter's head, it t

ed her aching heart. "I won't allow you to give up every

ed with anguish. "You d

used to meet his gaze, determined he w

of your life, tell me then it was worth

idence. Just thinking about her intended terrified her. Garland Sloane, the Marquis

His reputation is the worst of them all! Now you've set yourself up to earn the man's sp

mmoral. His illicit exploits dotted the gossip pages weekly, outlining his tendency to live his life as he saw fit. Determined not to marry, he flaunted different mistresses for every season. He was a d

flung her a contemptuous frown. "You will pay

heart ached to see him swing himself back out on the tree limb without a backward gl

Dorian," she assured him tearfully, "I do t

ld marry another? You have already ruined us both." Dorian gave her one