num_pages: 384
description: Beneath every scornful smile . . . They were once cherished childhood companions until a scandalous secret tore them apart. Now Valerian Rainewood and Abigail Smart are the fiercest of enemies. To Abigail Rainewood is a notorious rake hell-bent on mischief and not fit for polite society. So what if it seems as if he can seduce her with nothing but his eyes? She will not succumb. But when the earl is viciously attacked Abigail's distress tells her that something still binds her to the wild Rainewood. Lies an unquenchable desire . . . Though the ton believes there is nothing between them Rainewood knows the truth. Abigail tempts him the way no other woman has. Wanton lust overwhelms him whenever she is near. But keeping her too close may put her precious life in danger. He must destroy his enemiesso that with every touch he may prove to Abigail that though their past was filled with trouble their future will be nothing but pleasure.
language: English
title: For the Earl's Pleasure
publisher: Avon