BALOGH, MARY — No Man's Mistress

New York, Dell. 2002, 1st Pbk Edition. Pbk. Book, (The Mistress Trilogy series) The dark, devastating stranger rode into the village fair and wagered twenty pounds at the throwing booth =- for a chance to win the daisies in Viola Thornhill's hair. Recklessly Viola flirted, then danced with him around the Maypole. And then came his delicate, delicious kiss. Viola did not regret that she had let down her guard - until the next morning, when he appeared at her door to claim her beloved Pinewood Manor. Lord Ferdinand Dudley won her home in a game of cards! She was mistress of Pinewood Manor. Yet Dudley refused to leave, even as his conscience rebelled at compromising this beautiful innocent whose only proof of ownership was a dead earl's promise. Dudley held the deed, but at what cost?. As New.