num_pages: 344
description: A Lady's Desperate ChoiceWhen the loathsome Lord Bascomb tries to force her into marriage, Elizabeth Woolcot must appeal to her influential guardian. Nicholas Warring, known as the Wicked Earl, is a darkly handsome charismatic figure—with the power to save Elizabeth but a past that could put her reputation dangerously at risk. A ruthless womanizer, he has also been convicted of murder—and barely escaped hanging.A Rogue's Tainted HonorElizabeth can't help her attraction to the man who haunts her dreams—nor he his hunger for her. But she knows it can never be. For Nicholas is a married man—or at least appears to be. Then a heinous crime shatters their lives—and Nick is the natural suspect. Elizabeth wants to believe in his innocence more than life and love itself—but can she trust a man who has killed before?
language: English
title: Wicked Promise
titlecomplete: Wicked Promise (Clayton, #1)
characters: Nicholas Warring, Elizabeth Woolcot
genres: Historical, British Literature, Suspense, Historical Romance, Regency, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 812
places: England
series: Clayton
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks