The Reluctant Cavalier

In Love with a Mystery

Miss Annabella Smith knew all too well that at least three men were interested in her. One was the noble Duke of Stratton, as powerful as he was proud. One was the pleasant Mr. Wentworth, a perfect gentleman with a passion for raising roses. And one was the insistent Sir Quentin Barnaby, a lustful libertine intent on making Annabella the latest in a long list of conquests.

But what Annabella did not know was which one of them, if any, was the man who had swept her off her feet in a masquerade ball and whirled her to the brink of sweet surrender and scandalous ruin. She could not see his face, but she could feel what happened to her heart when he took her in his arms. And somehow, some way, she had to discover the true identity and secret plans of the man behind the mask who so skillfully stripped her desire of all disguise....