A Scandalous Bargain

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LORD JUSTIN CARDYLE HAD RUINED VALERIA'S BROTHER. NOW IT WAS HER TURN. Valeria Stanton's older but definitely not wiser brother Harry clearly was no match for the Earl of Cardyle -- in drinking or gambling. The rakish Earl had led Harry to consume far more wine than Harry could handle, then to lose far more at cards than Harry could hope to pay. Now Lord Cardyle's eager hands held Harry's worthless promissory notes and, with them, Harry's good name. The only way that Valeria saw to get them back was to offer her own person in return. But if Valeria was willing to give herself to this man she loathed, she still had one problem remaining. For the undeniably handsome Cardyle could have any woman he wanted, and Valeria had to make him want her....