Lady Charlotte's Ruse — Judith Harkness

CHARLOTTE STRIKES BACK

Charlotte Harrington was the happiest of young ladies as she prepared to wed Gerald Kirkland, the handsome lord who was head-over-heels in love with her. Then, without warning, Gerald fled to far-off America, in the company of the odious Fitzwilliam Caterby, to fall into the clutches of the delightful but dangerous Miss Chastity Brown. Meanwhile, Charlotte found herself engaged to the notorious Marquis of Beresford, who promised her only a married lifetime of cold courtesy and callous betrayal.

Clearly someone was out to do Charlotte no good -- and clearly Charlotte had to turn the tables on her unknown enemy even if it meant behaving as no young lady should, and taking a gamble she could not afford to lose....