And yet, after the wedding, despite nights of insatiable passion, Charles remains aloof, as if the near-sinful sweetness of their nights exists only in a dream. Both are swept away on a tide of passion and feeling neither can resist. Each night they steal away to the lush, moonlit gardens, where sensual embraces turn to searing kisses, and much, much more. By day, Charles and Sarah are models of decorum indulging in innocuous walks, polite conversation, sedate waltzes. He convinces Sarah to give him two weeks to win her if he succeeds, they will marry immediately. But as a lady of independent means with a life of her own, Sarah is unwilling to wed unless it is for unbounded love. For most young ladies of the ton, the right marriage is the culmination of years of training, perfect deportment, and intricate plans that would impress a general. She's intelligent enough to run his social life, beautiful enough to grace his arm, and old enough to know the value of his offer. But as Lord Meredith he must marry, so he offers for Sarah, the daughter of his neighbors Lord and Lady Conningham. Although he's seen the many successful unions of his Cynster connections, he has also watched his father's obsessions nearly destroy their family and fortune, a mistake Charles will not repeat. For no gentleman is this more true than Charles Morwellan, the eighth Earl of Meredith.
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