Victoria, Countess of Pembroke, knew her marriage wasn't a love match, but she certainly hadn't expected to be wedded, bedded and abandoned in the countryside. When her husband suddenly returns bent on seduction, she's suspicious of his motives, even though she finds it difficult indeed to resist his knowing hands and hot kisses.Pembroke can't allow Victoria to discover the real reason for his reappearance in her life. To get what he wants, he'll do anything, even if it means bedding the wife he never wanted.But what begins as a tedious task turns into a raging passion neither of them can deny. As the truth unravels at last, they must choose between forgetting the past or allowing it to consume them.A Romantica® historical erotic romance from Ellora's Cave