title: The Lady's Wicked Proposition
author: Westlake, Vivienne
description: ** SHORT STORY Originally published in the Love Is... charity anthology**
  Length: 20 pages
  A late night game of cards turns into something far more intriguing when Edwina Merriweather confesses a secret to one of the most charming and debauched men in London. Contrary to popular opinion, Dina is not in town to find a husband. Instead, she’s resolved to find a rake.
  Francis Chevalier is fascinated by the drunken spinster offering up her virginity like a piece of cake. Torn between the need to have her and the desire to protect her from her own stupidity, he politely declines.
  Undeterred, Dina returns with a proposition so daring even Chevalier cannot refuse.