Virtue for a Villain

Name: Virtue for a Villain
Author: Laura Linn

60 pages

Aristocratic gentlemen can keep their beloved honor—Michael Anson has never found a use for it. The youngest son of a duke, he traded his pedigree for profit and has never regretted the exchange. But, after a lifetime of success, even victory’s sheen dulls. His latest prospective acquisition, Llanelli Shipyard, promises more of the same tedium. Yet instead of another humdrum accession, Michael finds himself entrenched in an epistolary battle of wits and wills waged across the Bristol Channel, leaving him both outmaneuvered and irresistibly intrigued. As a man without scruples, he’ll exploit any weakness, no matter how fascinating his foe. So when the yard’s owner sets out to hire an expert to protect her business from his machinations, Michael does the only sensible thing: he volunteers for the position himself.

Gwen Bevans has already survived one man’s ruinous ambition. Her pigheaded husband’s neglect left her cherished legacy in tatters. Free at last from his reign, she’ll stop at nothing to restore the shipyard to its former glory, even if that means relying on the expertise of a complete stranger—a charming, capable, and infuriatingly confident commercial advisor who seems to know exactly what to do to keep her yard safe from Lord Michael’s grasping hands. Unfortunately, the more Gwen relies on his brilliance, the harder it becomes to ignore the undeniable appeal of the man behind it.

But when the mismatched pair proves to be an unexpectedly formidable team, the promise of profit begins to hold far less appeal for Michael than the beguiling woman determined to stand in his way. As his ambitions shift from claiming her shipyard to claiming her, Gwen realises that the man she’s hired to solve her problems might be the most dangerous complication of all.

Can a man who’s spent his life taking everything he wants learn that the only thing worth having must be freely given?

Part of the A Match Made in Autumn multi-author series

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