The Passion of An Angel

BANNING TALBOT, MARQUESS OF DAVENTRY might have been the toast of the ton with his silver-on-black hair and money-green eyes. But at thirty-four he was saddled with a newfound obligation: to serve as guardian to the sister of a friend fallen at Waterloo. Far from the child he expected, however, Prudence MacAfee was a honey-haired, breeches-clad hellion with an ill-fitting nickname: Angel. It was his responsibility to launch her into polite society and marry her off . . . only he hadn't counted on love with this thoroughly improper stranger.

PRUDENCE MacAFEE conquered London's ton with her unconventional beauty and ways. Yet it was Banning, her arrogant, infuriating guardian, who claimed her with a soul-searing kiss. She didn't dare reveal the desperate secret that made a marriage between them unthinkable. But the passions that threatened to consume them could no longer be held at bay.