The Trouble with Virtue
By: Stephanie Laurens and Alison DeLaine
Contributors: DeLaine, Alison; DeLaine, Alison
Series: Harlequin HQN historical romance
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780373778188
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Fiction
Description: A comfortable wife: "Miss Antonia Mannering has made plans that include her long-ago friend Lord Philip Ruthven. She knows Philip is popular with the ladies, but he has never married. Might he now be ready for a wife? If she could only prove that she could run his home, not disgrace him in Society and be a comfortable wife, surely he would propose to her. But when love enters the equation, Antonia might be getting more than she bargained for..."--Page [4] of cover.

A lady by day: "Recovering from scandal, Josephine, Countess of Mareck, has secured a second chance at respectability. And she certainly will not risk it for Sir Noah Rutledge, who's returned to London from the Mediterranean to secure a new business venture. But when Noah confronts Josephine and puts her secrets at risk, he stirs a most unexpected desire. With the ton watching closely, she must be careful not to fall for an unsuitable man. Unless love proves stronger than Society..."--Page [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: A comfortable wife  -- Stephanie Laurens; title: A lady by day -- Alison DeLaine.