Isabella's Rake

An Improper Passion

Isabella Eardley's only passion was for painting -- to the dismay and despair of her noble father and mother. Instead of seeking to make her mark in the marriage mart as every proper young lady should, the only mark Isabella wanted to make was on paper and canvas with watercolors and oils.

Needless to say, no decent drawing master would consent to guide her feminine attempts to achieve the artistic power and perfection reserved solely for men. The only one who would was a gentleman who was anything but. Harrison Curzon might have been born to immense wealth and gifted with genius but he was also the most notorious rake in London, with scandalous conquests that were the talk of the town. He might promise to teach Isabella the finer points of painting, but when a young lady takes lessons from a libertine, she runs the risk of learning far more than she should...