Publisher's Synopsis
The Bride Wore Pearlsis a scorching story of a very proper lady who flees her home in a far corner of the British Empire, entrusting her safety and her heart to a dangerous outlaw in Victorian London... Rance Welham, the Earl of Lazonby, has survived scandal and disgrace, even evading the Queens justice at the end of a hangmans rope. Now hes about to gamble everything on something far more dangerous: desire. An exotic and elegant beauty, Lady Anisha Stafford fled her native India to seek refuge within Londons secretive St. James Society. But accepting protection from someone called a cold-hearted killer is a double-edged sword, especially when hes the most intriguing man Anisha has ever laid eyes upon. In a world where treachery abounds, no one can be trusted, and no true passion can be denied.