Hidden Inheritance - Signet Regency Romance Author:Emily Hendrickson Beautiful Vanessa Tarleton realized the risk of accepting a position in the household of Nicholas Leighton, Earl of Stone. She knew very well his lurid reputation. — But Vanessa's father had gambled away her family fortune, and she desperately needed employment. She told herself that she could evade whatever snares Nicholas might set. All she... more » had to do was recall his record as a wanton womanizer and remind herself that marriage to her was the last thing on his mind.
Then Vanessa arrived at the earl's isolated country estate--and discovered that though she was forewarned about this infamously attractive man, she was not forearmed.« less