A Splendid Indiscretion / The Grand Passion

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A SPLENDID INDISCRETION — Ada Surringham would not deny - if she could keep her mind on the question long enough -- that she is more than somewhat muddleheaded. But not too muddled to know that she is in love with Ivor Griffith, Viscount Mullineaux, a Corinthian of impeccable poise and unshakable perfection. And he with her. That is precisely the problem. For Ada loves him too much to inflict upon him such a paragon of confusion as herself. THE GRAND PASSION Convinced she is never to find true love, Tess Brownlow decides to settle for extreme fondness and marry Jeremy Beringer. But when kind Jeremy dies tragically at the hands of a drunken "sportsman," Tess vows revenge. She will show handsome Matthew John Lotherwood, Marquis of Bradbourne, what it is like to lose. And her scheme works - too well. Because in trapping her opponent, she traps herself in the intoxicating blend of ardor and desire that makes a passion grand..