Scandalous

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An unexpected romance emerges between a young woman desperate to keep her familys wealth and the man trying to gain it in this first in New York Times bestselling author Karen Robardss Regency-era series.

England, 1810: When Lady Gabriella Banning receives word that her half-brother, the Earl of Wickham, has died on his tea plantation, she faces the reality that she and her younger sisters, Claire and Elizabeth, are suddenly penniless. The familys riches will pass to the next male heira distant cousinand the Banning sisters are doomed unless Gabby thinks fast.

Which she does. Pretending that her brother is still alive, Gabby arranges beautiful Claires London season. Shell keep up the pretense just long enough for Claire to marry a fabulously wealthy nobleman. But when a handsome gentleman arrives at the door and claims to be the Earl of Wickham, Gabbys plan backfires. For if she exposes this mysterious strangers deceit, she exposes her own. Bound by secrets and lies, Gabby and the roguish adventurer strike sparks off each otherand soon London society is abuzz over the scandalous pair of siblings who appear to be falling in love.

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Karen Robards is the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than fifty books and one novella. Karen published her first novel at age twenty-four and has won multiple awards throughout her career, including six Silver Pens for favorite author. Karen was described by The Daily Mail as one of the most reliable thriller...writers in the world. She is the mother of three boys and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.