Careful what you duel for.
Lady Charlotte Aston was never taught how to fire a pistol. She certainly was never taught how to partake in a duel. And so, she never considered the possibility that she might find herself in such a situation: standing in a misty field at the crack of dawn, pistol in hand, opposite the king of London’s underworld. The outcome of her next moments—the salvation or the destruction of her family.
Mr. Benjamin Scarsdale is too familiar with death to be daunted by the prospect of standing twenty paces downfield from a flying bullet. But his challenger’s contempt for the capriciousness of life has Benjamin itching to teach him a lesson–how quickly one can find themselves out of charity with fate. However, when Benjamin’s lesson lodges itself in the shoulder of Charlotte Aston, and not her good-for-nothing brother, Benjamin finds she is not a problem he can solve and walk away from. Lady Charlotte Aston might just be the thing that unravels his entire empire.
A duel brings them together, and an unexpected proposition binds them, but will they be able to overcome the chasm that divides their worlds and give their love a shot?
