The Promise of Scandal

Audacious Lady Lydia Leighton has a dream: to escape her mother's matchmaking long enough to establish The Traveling Finishing School for Young Ladies. When Lydia blackmails Viscount Hasting into a fake engagement she anticipates furthering her scheme-but enjoying London's social whirl on Hasting's arm comes as a revelation. Lydia knows this is a ruse and falling for Hasting would be the opposite of her goals. Can she gamble on him long enough to achieve her goal?When Viscount Hasting's little sister's friend sneaks into his room, he anticipates passion, not blackmail! Their attraction is so intense he finds himself behaving as the smitten fiancé. The ruse is only a fortnight, yet he's already so attached. Doesn't he know better than to believe in something as naive as this?Will their charade showcase authentic love and acceptance? Or is this truly nothing more than the promise of scandal?