An Improper Duchess

A scandalous escape to Italy seems like the perfect plan—until a sudden snowstorm changes the rules.

Melisande, Duchess of Gifford, has enjoyed running wild since surviving her unhappy marriage—but she knows it’s only a matter of time before her brother forces her to settle down and be respectable.

Barefoot dances have already outraged her brother Charles, whose parliamentary ambitions leave no room for an unmanageable sister.

Determined to make herself free, Melisande decides to escape into ruined exile with an absolutely scandalous affair and leave London forever.

But her heart may have other plans when she meets intriguing Lord Grayson Sanbourne…

• Forced Proximity: A blinding winter blizzard strands Melisande’s carriage on the road from London, leaving her snowbound in a roadside coaching inn with the very man she cannot forget.
• Opposites Attract: Gray has just returned from studying flora in the West Indies and longs for an honest life beyond ballrooms.
• High-Society Stakes: With a persistent suitor and critical in-laws watching her every move, one uncalculated step could shatter Melisande’s fragile independence forever.
• Also by This Author: The Shy Duchess, The Runaway Countess and Running from Scandal.