Nicola Cornick 
Lady Allerton’s Wager 

An Eternal Triangle—a lord, a lady and…an island! Beth, Lady Allerton, is determined to reclaim Fairhaven Island, stolen from her family generations before by the treacherous Earl of Trevithick. She challenges the current Earl, Marcus Trevithick, to awager—his island against her virtue!Marcus Trevithick is intrigued by the lovely incognita who throws downthe challenge. Soon he is pursuing her, determined to learn more ofher identity—and to tempt her into his bed. As both Beth and Marcusrace to claim Fairhaven it seems inevitable that the chase can endonly in each other’s arms. But when it comes to a choice, which does Beth want more—the Earl of Trevithick, or her beloved island?