Wife Errant — Joan Smith

"I HAVE NO INTENTION OF REALLY BEING A LOOSE WOMAN, YOU KNOW, LORD REVEL. I JUST WANT MAMA TO THINK SO."

With Mama dashing scandalously about Bath playing the young flirt to avenge Papa's improprieties, Tess Marchant realized that neither she nor her younger sister stood a chance of any sort of entrée into polite society, much less of finding a husband.

Though woefully ignorant of the ways of the world, Tess decided that a few secret trysts of her own would spur rumors of indiscretion and give Mama a taste of her own medicine.

Lord Revel, a notorious rake in his own right, was only too happy to play the part of ardent paramour. Tess was by no means an antidote. She was, in fact, so charming that a harmless flirtation might be difficult to maintain....

Hero: James Drake, Lord Revel
Heroine: Tess Marchant