title: A Dangerous Beauty (Widows Club, Book 1)
author:  Sophia Nash 
description: Eight years ago one kiss from Lord Sumner, the Duke of Helston's heir, ruined Rosamunde Baird's life. She refused to marry him and was cut socially by her family and polite society. Now a widow in dire financial straits, Rosamunde once again finds herself flirting with scandal when she accepts an invitation to stay with Merceditas St. Aubyn, the dowager duchess of Helston. As the patron of the "Widows Club," the duchess's one goal is to help her ladies find the happy-ever-after endings they deserve, and she believes Rosamunde's future holds a romance with the current Duke of Helston, Lucifer St. Aubyn. But Rosamunde is determined not to destroy her carefully cultivated, quiet new life by even considering an affair with the devilishly tempting "Lord Fire and Ice." Beautifully nuanced characters and elegantly polished writing infused with a wickedly subtle sense of wit blend together brilliantly in RITA-winning Nash's exquisitely sensual, superbly romantic Regency historical. Charles, John
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  > ‘I have the feeling, Sir Barrington, that one is never entirely safe around
  > you. You see a great deal without ever giving the appearance of actually
  > looking. That makes you dangerous.’
  
  > ‘Only to those with something to hide. The innocent have no reason to fear
  > me.’ His eyes found hers and held them captive. ‘I trust you do not find me
  > dangerous, Lady Annabelle?’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > Author Note  
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  > It’s always a treat when an idea for a new story comes out of a book I
  > haven’t even finished writing. And that’s exactly what happened with BRUSHED
  > BY SCANDAL.
  
  > Lady Annabelle Durst and Sir Barrington Parker both made their debuts in
  > COURTING MISS VALLOIS, and although they never met I knew they would be
  > drawn to one another. After all, they were both intelligent, attractive
  > people, who liked nothing better than to help others get out of or avoid
  > potentially embarrassing or damaging situations.
  
  > But what if that potentially damaging situation happene