A Masked Deception

THE RIVALS The handsome, dashing, wealthy Richard Adair, the seventh Earl of Brampton, was caught in a most devilishly difficult tug-of-war. Claiming his hand was shy and demure Margaret Wells, who became his bride in an icily arranged marriage designed to produce an heir in a boringly proper alliance. Claiming his heart was a nameless charmer who concealed her face behind a mask and displayed her body in a daring gown as she made the Earl give himself over to a scandalously improper passion. Both of them desperately wanted Richard Adair - and both dreaded to think what would happen should he discover that they were one and the same two-faced lady ... Richard, Earl of Brampton, under orders from his Mamma to produce an heir, has married dull, proper Margaret. But still he hankers after the girl, disguised as Marie Antoinette, whom he had met at a masked ball six years before. Little does he know that "Marie Antoinette" was in fact Margaret. A dashing Earl, a prim and proper wife and a wanton mistress ... Richard marries dull Margaret, but his heart belongs to the mysterious "Marie" he meets at a masked ball. How can he betray the wife whom he has come to love with all his heart?