Family Affairs

The Determined Daughter

Guinevere Hathaway vowed that her widowed, still beautiful mother should not join Gwen as a victim of romantic folly.

Gwen had wed one of London's most notorious rakes and had been freed from his faithlessness only when he fell in a duel. Now Gwen's mother, Lady Frances Ross, was beguiled by an even more shocking figure, the infamous Earl of Scarborough, whose conduct in life and love was the scandal of society.

Her mother refused to bow to Gwen's wisdom. The Earl mocked Gwen's efforts to defeat his designs. And the only one who offered aid was the Viscount Fullerton, the Earl's handsome, high-living son. A man who might prove more dangerous to Gwen as an ally than any enemy could be......