Beauty Tempts the Beast

Is the enemy of her enemy a friend or a beast?Lord Ashworth is scarred by a night of terror years ago that left his face in ruins and his life in shreds. He hides in Silverstone Manor, using rumors that paint him as a horrible, murdering monster to keep visitors at bay. Yet he can t shake the feeling that the rumors might be true. He tells himself it s better this way. If his memories ever resurface, at least he will be the only one hurt by them.The woman on his doorstep, however, simply refuses to fear him. That s not only an oddity, it s a threat to his secret and his heart.Vivian Suttley has seen the face of evil more than once in her young life. She s on the run from the latest, a cruel man determined to force her to marry him. Whatever the whispers about the reclusive Ashworth, surely it s nothing compared to the bleak, violent future she leaves behind.Ashworth saved her once before, and he s her last hope for refuge. Yet she wonders if she s truly safer at Silverstone or if she has just made the biggest mistake of her life."