title: Heroes: Saving Charlie: A Novel
author:  Aury Wallington 
description: Aury Wallington has written for the television shows Sex and the City and Veronica Mars. She is the author of the novel Pop!, which was named one of the New York Public Library&#8217;s &#8220;Books for the Teen Age.&#8221; Aury lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Tuesday. <br><br>www.aurywallington.com<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  “Afraid you will lose again?”
  
  “Not at all,” Charlie drawled. “My interest is waning. I’m afraid I need more
  of a challenge.”
  
  Merry eyed him suspiciously. “Fifty guineas a point and a hundred for a win is
  reasonably challenging.”
  
  “I’m not trying to fleece you, Merry, but I think both of us can lose a few
  hundred guineas in a night and not turn a hair.”
  
  Her eyes widened a fraction. “Do you want to make it thousands?”
  
  He grinned and leaned on his cue. “That is more of the same, isn’t it?” Oh,
  God, he was going to hell for this. “In this next game, how about for each
  point we lose we remove an article of clothing?”
  
  More Than a Mistress  
  Harlequin(r) Historical #1045—June 2011
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Author Note
  
  This is my second story about the Mountford twins. You will recall Robert in
  The Gamekeeper’s Lady. This is his older brother Charlie’s story. Charlie is
  the heir to the dukedom, and you couldn’t meet a man more different from his
  brother—although their twin bond is str