Wicked Surrender (Berkley Sensation)
Seducing an actress should be easy. At least that is what Brandon Cates, Viscount Blackstone, thinks until he meets Scheherazade “Scher” Martin. Technically, Scher is not an actress, but rather is the owner and manager of The Tavern Playhouse. And unlike other ladies of the theater, Scher isn’t interested in a temporary liaison; she wants the real deal––marriage. Which is why she accepts Brandon’s cousin’s proposal, even though she realizes how difficult it will be for her to fit in with his aristocratic family. As her wedding day rapidly approaches, though, Scher finds herself torn between her long-held dream of respectability and her desire for a totally disreputable rake. A practical woman of business resists falling for a man equally determined to make her love him in Lee’s realistically dark, emotionally intense, and richly sensual historical romance. --John Charles