Charity's Gambit — Marcy Stewart

Love had -- literally -- fallen at her feet!

DESTINY'S DARLING

Desperate circumstances have reduced Charity Abercrombie to giving lessons on the pianoforte. But while music may feed the soul it cannot provide a secure future...nor can the kiss she shares with mysterious Dominic Castille, who falls from a tree -- practically at her feet -- as she strolls through the woods...

Determined to forget the incident -- romantic as it was -- Charity reluctantly embarks on a London season in hopes of making a suitable match. She cannot know that the dark and dashing captain harbors a dangerous secret that will soon ensnare them both in its web -- leaving Charity to risk certain ruin in a gamble that could cost her the man she so passionately loves...