Family scandals

the long version

Her family has a death wish. For her. Lord Marcus Waring married Corinna Houghton with the best of intentions-- to protect her should anything happen to her brother while both he and Marcus are serving in India. That the child bride was underage is but a small footnote in his family's long history of scandal. News that his wife has died in a carriage accident stabs him with regret, but with no reason to question the report, he extends his stay until another near-scandal brings him home-- eight years after his secret marriage.