A Compromised Lady

the long version

Miss Caroline Franklin had very uncomfortable memories of Brussels during the panic of Waterloo. Worse, there were moments she couldn't remember at all -- how had she become dressed in scandalous attire with paint on her face? Thankfully, she was never likely to see again the man who had rescued her -- until, back in London, her brother brought home Jervais, Lord Barnard, the one man who knew her secret. It had felt so right to be in his arms, how could she now accept a proposal meant only to save her reputation?