SCANDALOUS SUCCESS. Miss Caroline Lexham knew tongues would wag when she turned the elegant London mansion she had inherited into an aristocratic hotel. But she didn't expect that she risked far more than a fleeting breath of scandal. Her debauched cousin Dominic sought to trick her into the false step that would lead her to disaster and him to possession of her legacy. The ravishing Lady Chaddington sought to wreck her reputation and eliminate her as a romantic rival. A mysterious miscreant haunted her establishment, seeking to strike down her most illustrious guest. And most fearfully troubling of all, the irresistibly handsome and dashing Sir Henry Seymour made it heartbreakingly clear that he wished Caroline and her enterprise only the very worst....