The Devil's Wager

She was married. He was a scoundrel. And that was only the beginning....

Virginia, the lonely wife of a pious and elderly duke, welcomed the freedom a visit with her sister offered. But with the notorious rakehell Harry Davenant, nicknamed Devil Davenant, in residence, her idyll would prove not particularly idle.

Virginia was faced with the most untoward behavior from the Devil himself, who was too drunk to recognize a lady when he saw one. Virginia discovered quickly how mistaken identity could lead to something monstrous, something no real lady could or should ever encourage under any circumstances--unless, of course, the cad was truly sorry, and the lady was not quite as innocent as she seemed....