Ravishing in Red

Madeline Hunter

THE DOMINO REQUESTS THAT MR. KELMSLEY MEET HIM AT THE TWO SWORDS IN BRIGHTON TWO NIGHTS HENCE TO DISCUSS A MATTER OF MUTUAL BENEFIT. Hoping to clear her dead father's name, Audrianna Kelmsleigh decides to respond to the advertisement placed by the mysterious “Domino.” Armed with her cousin's gun, she takes a room at the Two Swords Coaching Inn. But the handsome man of commanding sensuality who shows up is not the Domino at all, but Lord Sebastian Summerhays -- one of her father's persecutors -- who has been lured by the same advertisement. When Audrianna's gun accidentally fires, the situation suddenly becomes mortifyingly public… There is only one way out of the scandal that erupts, and so these two passionate and headstrong adversaries find themselves joined in a marriage of necessity. Expecting a practical alliance, Audrianna quickly discovers she is helpless to resist Sebastian's seductive persuasions as he teaches her the meaning of erotic desire. But she remains determined to exonerate her father, even if it means risking her life, her marriage -- and her heart…