An Affair of Honor

The Captive Rake

Meg Ashburton was a disaster her first Season in London, a tall and awkward ugly duckling out of her depth in the social swim. Her only moment of delight was a brief dance in the arms of the dazzling Viscount Sedgewick, the most irresistible rake in the realm.

Since then Meg had blossomed into a regal beauty. In an even more startling turnabout, the superb Sedgewick now lay at her mercy. The libertine lord was bedbound in Meg's country manor, recovering from an accidental injury. Meg could revel in his captivating company, without the chance of his walking away as he had done before. All too soon, though, he would be on his feet again, able once more to take Meg in his arms, and this time not to dance. Should she surrender her honor to this man who offered her everything but marriage? Or should she keep her precious virtue, and lose the man who already had walked away with her heart?