Tempting fortune

By Jo Beverley

Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Brothers and sisters, History, Malloren family (fictitious character), fiction

Description: "Portia St Claire's brother has gambled and lost, throwing her into the power of ruthless men. Their price for his life is her virtue, to be auctioned off in London's most notorious brothel. To retrieve an incriminating letter, Bryght Malloren once broke into a house where he was greeted at pistol point by a resolute woman ... a woman he could swear stands before him, masked and trembling, on a madam's auction block ..."--Publisher's description.