The Lyon Returns: Lyon's Den Connected World

A widow starting anew. A gentleman dodging the noose. Will their pretense of a marriage turn into a head-over-heels love? To purchase the publishing house of her dreams, new-to-London Gwendolyn Barnes must find herself a husband. With no desire to wed again, the young widow pays an exorbitant fee to the notorious Black Widow of Whitehall for a husband who, she assures Gwen, is almost certainly dead. Then her husband, shipping magnate and aloof son of a duke, Gideon Devereux, walks through the front door. After reading of his marriage to an unknown bride, the date of which provides him a handy alibi, Gideon returns to London determined to discover who framed him for treason. He's content to allow his farce of a marriage to the beautiful bluestocking to stand. He only sees two problems-Gwen's stipulation the marriage remain in name only, and an ungovernable hunger for each other that neither can quell. Secretly falling for the brooding and seductive Devereux, a wary Gwen vows to avoid a repeat of her disastrous first marriage. And with his enemies circling ever closer, Gideon's inner demons whisper that their white-hot passion can never ignite into a forever love. Can this made-for-each-other couple discover new heights of happiness in each other's arms, or will the echoes of their pasts tear them apart? Tropes: - Arranged marriage- Second chance at love- Dashing hero- Bluestocking bride- Mrs. Dove-Lyon's connected world If you like fake relationships, grumpy versus sunshine characters, and off-the-charts sizzle, then you'll adore Kimberly Keyes' The Lyon Returns, Book 2 in her "First Comes Marriage" steamy Regency series set in the Lyon's Den Connected World. Book 1 - The Lyon Whisperer Book 2 - The Lyon Returns Book 3 - A Lyon's Tangled Tale