num_pages: 336
description: Her husband, her enemy.Desperate and alone, Lady Emma tricked Lucas Coulter, the Marquess of Wortham, into a hasty marriage. But on their wedding night, when he learned the truth about his not-so-innocent bride, he abandoned her.Seven years later, Emma lives in disgrace with her beloved daughter, Jenny. Penniless, Emma provides for her child in the one way she knows in the dark of night, she creeps across the rooftops of London and steals jewels from the wealthy nobles who have wronged her.Then Lucas catches her in a daring act of burglary. And he proposes a devil's bargain-- give him an heir...or be exposed. Vowing to hide the devastating secret in her past, Emma agrees to share her husband's bed, never dreaming this cold stranger has become a skilled seducer who will sweep her into a world of peril and passion...
language: English
title: Once Upon A Scandal
titlecomplete: Once Upon A Scandal
genres: Historical, Romance, Regency, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
ratings_count: 349
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: RITA Award by Romance Writers of America
category: Short Historical Romance
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks