Stephanie Laurens

Having seen his sister Lenore and brother Jack caught in the Parsons' mousetrap, albeit willingly, Harry Lester had no intention of following their example. Now the news was out that the Lester family fortunes had been repaired, Harry knew the society matrons would soon be in pursuit, so he promptly left London for Newmarket.

Fate, however, proved more far–sighted, having arranged for a distraction in the person of Mrs Lucinda Babbacombe. Lucinda is a beautiful, provocative but unwilling conquest – who to Harry's irritation cannot be ignored.