The Marquis's Mistake — Giselle Marks

Devastatingly handsome Sebastian, Marquis of Farndon, awaits a lady, a present from his best friend, Stephen, for his thirtieth birthday. Alicia Lambert, fleeing from a forced marriage, is shown into his room by mistake. Inebriated from celebrating his return to England, Sebastian disbelieves her protests and is reluctant to let her escape. Meeting him later in London, Alicia is relieved he does not recognize her. But when he pursues her and proposes marriage, she doubts his feelings for her are real. Sebastian wants to protect Alicia form the machinations of the blackguard, Major Malinder, and he fears for her life, and that of her Aunt Maud. But will Sebastian's natural intelligence be enough to deal with the ruthlessness of ALexander Malinder?