Harlot Countess

Vicious rumors and rapier wit make for a heated rivalryuntil the sparks start flying in this Regency romance by the award-winning author. Maggie, Lady Hawkins, had a debut shed rather forgetalong with her first marriage. Today, she's a fierce political cartoonist writing under the male pseudonym Lemarc, and her favorite object of ridicule is Simon Barrett, Earl of Winchester. Hes a rising star in Parliamentand a former confidant of Maggies who decided to believe a salacious rumor that vexes her to this day. Still crushed by Simons betrayal, Maggie has no intention of letting the ton crush her as well. In fact, Lemarcs cartoons have made Simon a laughingstock. But now it appears that Maggie was wrong about what happened years ago, and that Simon has been secretly yearning for her since... forever. Could it be that the heart is mightier than the pen and the sword?