Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh comes the first installment of the beloved Bedwyn saga. 

Meet the Bedwyns: six brothers and sisters�??men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality. Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction, where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal�??and where Aidan Bedwyn, the marriage-shy second son, discovers that matrimony may be the most seductive act of all. 

Like all the Bedwyn men, Aidan has a reputation for cool arrogance. But this proud nobleman also possesses a loyal, passionate heart�??and it is this fierce loyalty that has brought Colonel Lord Aidan to Ringwood Manor to honor a dying soldier�??s request. Having promised to comfort and protect the man�??s sister, Aidan never expected to find a headstrong, fiercely independent woman who wants no part of his protection�??nor did he expect the feelings this beguiling creature would ignite in his guarded heart. And when a relative threatens to turn Eve out of her home, Aidan gallantly makes her an offer she can�??t refuse: marry him, if only to save her home. And now, as all of London breathlessly awaits the unveiling of the Lady Aidan Bedwyn, the strangest thing happens: With one touch, one searing embrace, Aidan and Eve�??s �??business arrangement�?� is about to be transformed�??into something slightly surprising. 


BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balo