A Magnificent Match — Gayle Buck

Propriety or Pleasure

It was a scandal! Although Megan O'Connell was quite beautiful and already nineteen, she would soon be on the shelf. Living a lonely life in rural Ireland was a far cry indeed from the exciting prospects of a London Season. Then Megan received an invitation to visit St. Petersburg and devised a clever ruse to escape her domineering father.

Looking every inch the princess, Megan found herself part of a thrilling world of counts, princes, barons and military officers, any one of whom might make and ideal husband. And Megan soon found her match -- the dashing Prince Mikhail Kirov. He had never given his heart to a woman, although he had stolen many. It would never do for Megan to lose her virtue to this seductive rake. She would simply have to keep her distance until Mikhail made an offer that a young lady falling in love could not possibly refuse...