He is truly a dissolute character! He is being persecuted by his father, a Duke, to marry and start producing heirs. Matthew, the Earl of Wallingford, engages in every vice that he can. Amazing how shallow I can be! This lovely picture, however, led me to one of the most heart wrenching books I have read in some time. Here’s another book that I chose to read because of the partially naked, well-buffed man on the front cover. A sin, he fears, not even the love of a good woman can take away… A secret so humiliating and scandalous it could destroy everyone he loves. There is no place for her amongst the lords and ladies of aristocracy–despite Matthew’s growing craving for the fire that burns behind her earnest facade. Yet Jane Rankin is a lowly nurse, considered shy and plain by most.
Until one night when he finds himself beaten, eyes bandaged and in the care of a nurse with the voice of an angel–and a gentle touch that soothes the darkness in him and makes him yearn for more.
While these numerous daliances fulfill Matthew’s every physical need, they secretly leave him numb and emotionally void. Bored and jaded, he is as well known for his coldness as for his licentious affairs with beautiful women. In Victorian England vice of every kind can be purchased, and Matthew, the Earl of Wallingford, makes certain he avails himself of every possible pleasure.
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