The Mistress Wager

”I am rather tired of the mundane, Mr. Seton-Mowbray. I have no expectations, and I’m much older than an Almacks debutante. I am not husband-hunting, since I intend never to marry. So yes, I’m ready to be a little bit more than just the delightful Miss Ridlington. I believe it might be entertaining were I to be known as the scandalous Miss Ridlington.” “Then I hope you’ll allow me to assist you in achieving that goal, Ma’am.” Kitty Ridlington in conversation with Max Seton-Mowbray, a musicale, London 1815. She’s fascinating and unattached, but is she ready for the kind of attention Max Seton-Mowbray would like to lavish on her? A shocking wager might have the desired result, but Fate intervenes with the unexpected, and everything changes. Kitty and Max embark on an adventure that neither could have anticipated, but both embrace without hesitation. It will lead from London to the countryside, and force them both to reconsider their goals. And they’ll discover the sparks they strike off each other might be igniting an all-consuming kind of fire…