Book #2

Book #1 The Mysterious Lord Ballantine. Rushing to her father's defense, Lucy Kershaw has just told a lie to two spiteful ladies. Her father is not, as she said, the heir to a marquessate. Although the Kershaws are related to the Marquess of Berkwick, he has an heir and a spare. Immediately regretting the impulse, Lucy hopes it is quickly forgotten, even though the Earl of Dorchester overhears her. Her father's success at the gaming tables means he can now send her to her aunt in London for the Season. And Lucy fears the lie will follow her there. In London, the news has already spread, and suitors and fortune hunters rush to present themselves to her aunt. Fearing it will all fall down like a house of cards, Lucy just wants to go back to Bath. But she is surprised to have a sympathetic ear in Lord Dorchester, who dances with her at a London ball and introduces her to his sister. Lucy is drawn to him, although she knows he is betrothed, and even if he weren't, they move in different worlds. Unwilling to let the scandal, which is spreading through the ton, touch him, she tries to keep him at arm's length. But that proves not easy to do as each time they meet, the attraction grows stronger