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One Night of Scandal by Teresa Medeiros

On the night of her 3rd attempt at coming out Carlotta Fairleigh climbs out of her bedroom window to sneak a peek at the murdering marquess, Hayden St.Clair only to find herself alone with him in his rented townhouse with her reputation ruined.Seeking to stop a duel between Hayden and her brother-in-law Sterling she convinces Hayden to marry her. They are married by special license and immediately set off for Cornwall and his estate.

Hayden has been tried and convicted by society for the death of his first wife and has sworn never to remarry and has shunned society for over 4 years. He has done this to protect his daughter Allegra. He also never wants to be in love again as he has never forgiven himself for the death of his first wife. He finds himself drawn to Lotti and marries her to avoid scandal from her being found in his arms in his home and because he needs a governess for his 10 year old daughter. He plans for the marriage to be in name only.

Lotti is also attracted to him and hopes that someday he will love her as much as he loves his first wife and to that end sets out to make him fall in love with her. The journey finds her trying to befriend an angry little girl and fighting a ghost who not leave her husband in peace.   She takes refuge in her writing and writes a novel about her experiences and the truth as she knows it about the death of her husband's first wife.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot:
Matchmake, (will/family) Yes
Matchmaker... - matchmake by ghost

Main Male Character
Profession/status:
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Sex makes him

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Effect of sexing
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 50%
How explicit is the sex? - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing? - 1-2 sex acts
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