Revenge Is Sweet — Barbara Cartland

It seemed a miracle from Heaven itself. Valessa Chester, lovely, alone and penniless, would be splendidly rewarded for her role in a house-party charade, a harmless prank to be played on the arrogant -- and compellingly attractive -- Marquis of Wyndonbury... But what was Valessa's horror to learn was that she was the unwitting instrument of a scorned woman's revenge! Now, the innocent beauty was the unwanted bride of the magnificent Marquis, the man who held her untried heart forevermore, a tender dream of love as unreachable as the distant stars above...