title: Beyond Scandal and Desire: A Sins for All Seasons Novel
author:  Lorraine Heath 
description: &#8220;RITA Award&#8211;winner Heath&#8217;s new Sins for All Seasons series is off to an impressive start with an unforgettable, emotionally charged love story that will dazzle and delight readers with its exquisitely crafted characters, deliciously sensual romance, and impeccably rendered historical setting.&#8221; (Booklist <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />&#8220;Heath launches a winning and steamy Victorian series... [she] builds a community of fascinating, intertwined characters that readers will be eager to get to know as they cheer for the driven hero and the spunky, smart heroine.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />&#8220;[Heath&#8217;s] talents for drawing readers into the era with her well-drawn, three dimensional characters and realistic dialogue sets her novels apart. The unexpected twists and turns of the plot guarantees it will be placed on your keeper shelf.&#8221; (RT Book Reviews (top pick))<br /><br />&#8220;Clever twists and turns complicate [the] path to a happy future, making <em>Beyond Scandal and Desire</em> a thoroughly delicious and romantic read.&#8221; (BookPage (top pick))<br /><br />&#8220;Carefully researched details, a fascinating look into the baby-farming scandals of the period, and a wealth of intriguing bastards make this steamy, cleverly plotted Victorian a perfect start to a rollicking series.&#8221; (Library Journal)<br /><br />&#8220;The author&#8217;s talent for chemistry is as bold as the fireworks that explode in the first chapter.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews)
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  Sinful Seasons Collection
  
  
  Summer Greed
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  MORNING GLORY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Joanne Sexton
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  COPYRIGHT 2018 Joanne Sexton
  
  
  
  
  
  All characters; events and establishments in this publication, other than
  those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real
  persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  The moral right of the author has been asserted.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **T** he first indication it would be dangerous to proceed was that he was my
  boss. The second, a very married and most definitely unavailable boss, and
  yet, despite the warning signs flashing like cheap strip club signs in my
  head, I could not stay away from the powerful masculinity that oozed from him
  like liquid 