The Rake and the Wallflower
Forced to accompany her beautiful but vain, self-centered sister  to London for the season, Mary Seabrook, intelligent, artistic,  and shy, escapes from the social scene whenever she can. But  when a flight from a lecherous rake lands her behind a potted  palm and she is suddenly joined by a man with an even more  disreputable past, her life becomes far more interesting and far  more dangerous than she had ever expected. Two well-matched,  sympathetic protagonists join forces to outwit a would-be  murderer and foil a debauched villain in this lively,  well-crafted story that also offers an insightful look at the  realities of Regency life with a few surprising twists. Lane  (The Notorious Widow) is a seasoned writer of well-done Regency  romances and lives in San Jose, CA.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.