title: The Beguiling Lady Spinster
author: Grace, Vanessa
description: Lord Philip Durant, the Earl of Northville has an eye for the scandalous ladies of London. He does not dally with the virgins looking for husbands and he certainly does not dally with Lady Amelia Wharton, a prim and proper woman he has known for most of her life and thinks of as an annoying younger sister. So he is stunned to realize he has developed feelings for her that are more than, well, brotherly. Lady Amelia has the worst luck possible. Not only is she in love with Lord Northville, she has turned down several proposals waiting for Philip to notice her. Now she is on the verge of spinsterhood, but just when she is about to give up on Philip, an almost kiss revives her secret dream. When they are kidnapped and Philip is wounded, the two find escaping from their abductor is easy compared to fighting the passion flaring between them. That is until Philip reveals a secret that could end any chance they have for happiness before it even begins.