Desiring Lady Caro

Haunted by her past, Lady Caroline Martindale fled England for the solace of her godmother's palazzo in Venice, but if Caro was hoping to escape the charms of marriage-minded men, she's come to the wrong place. And she'll resort to extreme measures to spurn the advances of a dangerously determined Venetian marquis ... Though most of his friends have married off, Gervais, Earl of Huntley, remains bent on eluding the parson's mousetrap, but his convictions begin to falter when he arrives in Venice and meets his match in the alluring Lady Caro. What began as a hastily concocted lie to save her from the marquis may become a chance for them both to relinquish their fear--and embrace what they can no longer deny ...