TY - BOOK AU - Luce,Wanda TI - Hayden Hamilton and the lady SN - 9781599922942 PY - 2022///] CY - [Salt Lake City, Utah] PB - Walnut Springs Press KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Nobility KW - Scandals KW - England KW - Social life and customs KW - 19th century KW - lcgft KW - Romance fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - Novels of manners N2 - "Emma Stuart, daughter of Lord Claridge, distinguished member of His Majesty's Privy Council, delights in playing pranks on noblemen who inflict misery upon others. Twice Lady Emma shames the Marquess of Richmond for his ill use of gently bred ladies. In return, he blackens her reputation. Hayden Hamilton, a handsome London barrister, has a mysterious power over Lord Richmond and proves that the marquess tricked Emma into meeting him in a dark billiard room at a ball. Even so, her suitors disappear. Livid at being exposed, Lord Richmond plots with another nobleman to avenge himself. Emma finds herself falling in love with Hayden, who has publicly vowed never to marry a lady born to wealth and privilege. Unbeknownst to her, she has beguiled him body and soul, though he is determined to forget her. Just when fate reveals the cause of his power over Lord Richmond and makes a union between Hayden and Emma possible, he learns she has changed in ways that may set her forever beyond his reach"-- Back cover ER -