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SummaryA devil's bargain.
"The photograph must be damning, indisputably so. I mean
to see Caledonia Rivers not only ruined but vanquished.
Vanquished, St. Claire, I'll settle for nothing less."
Known as The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue,
unwavering resolve, and quiet dignity, suffragette leader,
Caledonia—Callie—Rivers is the perfect counter for
detractors' portrayal of the women a rabble rousers,
lunatics, even whores. But a high-ranking enemy within the
government will stop at nothing to ensure that the
Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the
Commons—including ruining the reputation of the
Movement's chief spokeswoman.
After a streak of disastrous luck at the gaming tables
threatens to land him at the bottom of the Thames,
photographer Hadrian St. Claire reluctantly agrees to seduce
the beautiful suffragist leader and then use his camera to
capture her fall from grace. Posing as the photographer
commissioned to make her portrait for the upcoming march on
Parliament, Hadrian infiltrates Callie's inner circle. But
lovely, soft-spoken Callie hardly fits his mental image of a
dowdy, man-hating spinster. And as the passion between them
flares from spark to full-on flame, Hadrian is the one in
danger of being vanquished.
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