Betrothed?How, without a moment's forethought, could stunning. Miss Quinn Peverill be engaged to be married to a man she barely knows? Lord Marcus Northrop is handsome and daring, and doubtless a prize for any willing maid. But all it takes is a small series of mishaps and a whiff of scandal, and suddenly this stranger is her groom-to-be!Marcus cannot possibly marry! It would interfere with his life. Still, there is something to be said for this sensuous, headstrong lady - and the desire she enflames within him simply cannot be ignored. What he doesn't know is that Quinn guards secrets of her own - and shares with him a lust for perilous adventure. But will this passion be enough to join two dangerous double lives when neither Quinn nor Marcus dares to love?