A Disgraceful Affair: Sisters by Marriage Book 2

A secret love, a broken heart, and an unthinkable crimeGrowing up in the shadow of her parents’ estrangement, Laura has learnt to mask her feelings. She is also unused to company, thanks to her reclusive father.Now she must go to London during the Season, where she will meet her mother—the mother she has pined for and resented in equal measure.To her surprise, Laura finds herself a success. She has suitors offering for her, but is secretly in love with the Duke of Wimberley.

Do her feelings even matter, when the duke is most attentive to the beautiful widow, Lady Mannering?And then Laura learns a shocking truth about the duke. He is not the man he appears to be.Anthony, Duke of Wimberley, is in London to find a wife for the second time. Seven years ago, he had made a love match.

He knows better now. He is looking for someone who will take charge of the duties of his duchess and also be a mother to his daughter.His intention to guard his heart disappears as he comes to know Laura. Before he can proceed to court her, he becomes mired in perhaps the biggest scandal of all time.To his utter shock, not only does Lady Laura believe the worst about him, she goes out of her way to thwart him.Previously published as Not Just Lovely Laura in October 2018 under the pen name Jessica Spencer.