Successful barrister Gavin Carmichael cannot forget the memory of Daisy Lake, his childhood companion. When Gavin finds Daisy headlining the Montmarte music halls as the infamous Delilah du Lac, he pulls her off stage and away from her shameful life. Daisy, however, wants nothing to do with Gavin�until he agrees to help fulfill her one true dream. Hoping to become an actor on a proper stage, Daisy agrees to live with the charming bachelor for one month. Though Gavin�s efforts are aimed at freeing Daisy, their sensual games soon increase in intensity and he quickly becomes the one in danger of becoming enslaved. Review �A touching story of salvation and renewal in authentically depicted Victorian London.�� �Madeline Hunter, author, the Seducer series �Absolutely wonderful! Her characters are very real . . . a must read.�� �Romance Junkies.com "Ms. Tarr presents us with an engaging story that includes twists and turns that will leave you guessing."� � Novelspot About the Author Hope Tarr is the author of Tempting , a Romantic Times Book Club Award nominee for Best Innovative Historical Romance. She is also the author of It's a Wonderfully Sexy Life , Lord Jack , and Vanquished . A Devil's Bargain "The photograph must be damning, indisputably so. I mean to see Caledonia Rivers not only ruined but vanquished. Vanquished, St. Claire. I'll settle for nothing less." Known as The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet dignity, suffragette leader Caledonia "Callie" Rivers is the perfect counter for detractors' portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even whores. But a high-ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the Commonsincluding ruining the reputation of the Movement's chief spokeswoman. After a streak of disastrous luck at the gaming tables threatens to land him at the bottom of the Thames, photographer Hadrian St. Claire reluctantly agrees to seduce the beautiful suffragist leader and then use his camera to capture her fall from grace. Posing as the photographer commissioned to make her portrait for the upcoming march on Parliament, Hadrian infiltrates Callie's inner circle. But lovely, soft-spoken Callie hardly fits his mental image of a dowdy, man-hating spinster. And as the passion between them flares from spark to full-on flame, Hadrian is the one in danger of being vanquished.
Known as The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia —Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter for detractors' portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even whores. But a high-ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the Commons — including ruining the reputation of the Movement's chief spokeswoman. After a streak of disastrous luck at the gaming tables threatens to land him at the bottom of the Thames, photographer Hadrian St. Claire reluctantly agrees to seduce the beautiful suffragist leader and then use his camera to capture her fall from grace. Posing as the photographer commissioned to make her portrait for the upcoming march on Parliament, Hadrian infiltrates Callie's inner circle. But lovely, soft-spoken Callie hardly fits his mental image of a dowdy, man-hating spinster. And as the passion between them flares from spark to full-on flame, Hadrian is the one in danger of being vanquished.
Suffragette leader Callie Rivers is the perfect counter for detractors' portrayal of the women as rabblerousers, lunatics, even whores. But a high-ranking enemy within the government will stop at notheing to ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the Commons--including ruining the reputation of the Movement's chief spokeswoman Sent to bring down the reputation of suffragist leader Caledonia (Callie) Rivers, Hadrian St. Claire soon discovers he is the one in danger of being vanquished.
