A woman of pleasure, a man of honour…
After years of dangerous fighting on the Peninsula, Captain Jack Carrington has returned home to take up family duties and find himself a wife. But his life is thrown into turmoil after he witnesses a fencing lesson unlike any other… The talented ‘student’ is in fact no student at all, but a beautiful young woman—the most infamous courtesan in all of London, Lady Belle.
But exactly who is the mysterious Belle? A jaded cyprian seeking her next protector? A kind friend helping those in need? Or a mistress of sensual delights that tempt a man to madness? Eager to uncover the true woman, Jack wagers he can win a kiss from Belle if he beats her at fencing. And though Belle is a woman he can neither afford to keep—nor dare to marry—he’s willing to risk it all to win her to his bed.
