When a mysterious masked lady rescues a young nobleman left for dead by the side of the road, she demands he repay her kindness with a night of passion.
Rosamunde Ellington was permanently scarred at the age of sixteen in a carriage accident. Sir Digby Overton, an elderly gentleman with a weak constitution and a modest country estate called Wensleydale, agreed to marry the unfortunate girl in spite of her deformity. Although he was always kind and respectful, Sir Digby treated young Rosa more like a doting uncle than an ardent husband.
During eight years of marriage, Sir Digby became increasingly feeble and was no longer capable of exercising his husbandly rights. One of the provisions of the Wensleydale deed stated that only a blood heir of the first Lord Overton could own the property. Unless Rosa conceived a child before her husband died, Sir Digby?s obnoxious nephew Edward would inherit the estate. Edward disapproves of Rosa and plans to evict her and all the other tenants of Wensleydale as soon as he legally inherits. To save her home, Rosa needs a baby - fast!
One night on her way home from a masquerade ball given by her wealthy cousin, Rosa found a handsome young man lying unconscious by the side of the road. She took him to a nearby cottage and nursed him back to health. When he was better, he thanked her for saving his life and asked if there was anything he could do to repay her kindness. Rosa asked him to make love to her.Lord Brand Malloren isn?t sure what to make of his mysterious savior and her strange request. He awakens in a strange place with a blinding headache and no memory of his recent past. He doesn?t think he?s married; but, he knows that she is (the lady is wearing a wedding ring). Although the lady is attractive and Brand is grateful, he doesn?t remember how he came to be lying face down on the road in the middle of nowhere. The last thing Brand remembers, he was meeting someone to discuss business. He knows he works for his brother, the Marquess of Rothgar. Brand knows he learned something important before he was knocked unconscious, but he can?t recall precisely what. The Mallorens are rich and powerful, but they also have many enemies. Some of them would be willing to use a naive young woman to gain his trust and learn
whatever it is that Brand has forgotten by any means necessary.
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