At Her Ladyship’s Request
(Turn of the Century Romance)
He’s everything good girls are warned against. Will she be his undoing…or her own?
Widowed at thirty-five, Lady Lilian Hanscombe has lived a life of careful propriety—until now. Attending a country house party for her niece, she meets Beric “Beck” Barrett, the illegitimate son of a marquess. Ruggedly handsome and dangerously charming, Beck embodies everything this genteel lady has denied herself.
Raised on the fringes of the aristocracy, Beck knows the limitations of his birth. With his father’s health failing and the family name needing redemption, his fate depends on securing a wealthy, well-bred wife. A house full of eligible debutantes should be the perfect hunting ground—but when he meets Lily, he is caught between the future he must secure and the temptation she represents.
Yearning for passion, Lily dares to dream of a life beyond society’s rules, and Beck offers the excitement she craves, promising to open her eyes to a life beyond the constraints of society—one stolen glance, one whispered word, one forbidden moment at a time.
Will she risk everything for a love that defies every rule she’s lived by? Can Beck choose between the woman who sets his heart on fire and the ailing father he longs to please? Or will their love remain a dangerous dream, destined to fade?