title: Winter Fire (A Mallorean Novel)
author:  Jo Beverley 
description: Genova Smith convinces her employers, the elderly Trayce ladies, to let her bring an abandoned baby with them to a Christmas party at Rothgar Abbey, even as she does her best to get the Marquess of Ashart, the man she mistakenly believes to be the father, to accept responsibility for his actions. Ash has no intention of claiming the child, but he agrees to accompany his great aunts to the holiday fete, despite the family tragedy that has turned Ash and the Marquess of Rothgar into mortal enemies. When she is caught with Ash in a seemingly compromising situation, Genova agrees to a pretend betrothal but has no intention of giving in to her desires for the wickedly handsome Ash. While truth and forgiveness unite two long-estranged branches of a family, an intelligent, ever sensible heroine and an elegant, sinfully seductive rake spar with splendidly sexy results as RITA Award-winning Beverley, with her usual delectable wit and superb characterization, returns readers to the unforgettable world of her Malloren series. <i>John Charles</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  Praise for the Novels  
  of Jo Beverley
  
  The Rogue’s Return
  
  “Beverley beautifully blends complex characters, an exquisitely sensual love
  story, and a refreshingly different Regency setting into one sublime romance.”
  
  —Booklist
  
  “Jo Beverley has written an excellent character study. One of the best books
  I’ve read this season.”
  
  —Affaire de Coeur
  
  A Most Unsuitable Man
  
  “Picking up exactly where Winter Fire leaves off, Beverley turns a rejected
  ‘other woman’ into a fiery, outspoken, sympathetic heroine; pairs her with a
  dashing but penniless, scandal-ridden hero; and lets the fun—and the
  danger—begin. Once again readers are treated to a delightful, intricately
  plotted, and sexy romp set in the slightly bawdy Georgian world of Beverley’s
  beloved Malloren Chronicles.”
  
  —Library Journal
  
  “Beverley brings back some of the characters from Winter Fire as she takes her
  readers into the dangerous, intriguing, and opulent world of Georgian England.
  Her strong characters and fin