One Night with You

A lady on the brink, Lady Jane Guthrie survived losing the love of her life to her beautiful sister, survived an arranged marriage, and, by God, she would survive her wretched in-laws determination to treat her as a servant in what used to be her home! Yet even a proper, dutiful lady needs a taste of freedom. So when a chance to attend a masquerade ball presents itself, her stifled soul cannot resist. But the past collides with the present when her night of freedom turns into a night of desire with the very man her heart never forgot. The man she never forgot War-hardened, Seth Rutledge returns home to find himself the new Earl of St. Claire and guardian to his blind sister. Determined to take a proper wife - someone he can trust with the care of his sister in the event of his demise - he vows to select a wife who will make no demands on his long-dead heart. Until a masked woman at a courtesan's ball proves that proper is the last thing he wants at least in his bed. The mysterious woman is hardly wife material but the first female to breathe life into his long-dead heart. Suddenly one night will never be enough even if the woman behind the mask is one he can never have.