Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage

Lady Isabella Scranton was eighteen when she eloped with Lord Mac Mackenzie, a notorious rake, on the night of her come-out ball. London was scandalized. Their marriage lasted three turbulent years, and then she shocked society a second time by walking out on him.

Six years after the elopement, Mac is back and says he has reformed. He wants Isabella returned to his house, his life and his bed, and he is ready to play whatever game it takes. Isabella holds out against him at first. Then she agrees to pose for a series of explicit paintings he is working on, and the sittings show her that her body still wants her husband.

Mac sets out to prove he is a different man, though three years apart have only sharpened his desire. A clever forger who has designs on Mac's paintings, and on Isabella herself, then moves close. Mac appoints himself her protector and vows to stay beside her, whether or not his proud, independent wife welcomes it.

This is a historical romance set among London society, with a second-chance, estranged-spouses dynamic. The love scenes are explicit, and the tone leans on tension between the pair, with a threat from the forger running alongside.