A Pearl Beyond Compare

Marriage to her would refill his family coffers to overflowing. Her curvaceous form, and the luminous pearls draped around her neck, tempted him to press his lips to the hollow of her slender throat where her pulse fluttered madly. Seducing her would be pure pleasure. He could never offer her more. The earl was beyond redemption, boldly flaunting convention, arriving at the ball with an actress on one arm and his current paramour on the other. His heated gaze dared her to redeem him. She nearly gave him the cut direct, until she saw a glimpse of heart wrenching sorrow. He blinked, and it was gone. Healing his heart would fill the emptiness inside of her…it had to!