title: The Reluctant Smuggler
author: DesJardien, Teresa
description: A Crime of Passion...
  
  For Charlotte Deems, the death of her husband was a mixed blessing. She was freed from a marriage without desire--but left with no one to help provide for little Oscar. Now her money dwindled and her boy needed a father--even if it meant yet another loveless marriage...
  
  Lord Sebastian Whitbury was a handsome young man from a good family, but he lacked the funds to marry his intended. To earn her father's approval, he hatches a perilous plan to make a fortune. But when Charlotte stumbles upon his illicit plot, she becomes an unwilling accomplice in his dangerous quest to win his lover's hand. Then Sebastian's plan hits a snag...when his bond with Charlotte grows from complicity--to passion...