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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress. �Matchless storyteller�(Romantic Times) Mary Balogh weaves a tantalizing web of wit and seduction in her new novel�an irresistible tale of two unlikely lovers and one unforgettable summer. Kit Butler is cool, dangerous, one of London�s mostinfamous bachelors�marriage is the last thing on his mind. But Kit�s family has other plans. Desperate to thwart his father�s matchmaking, Kit needs a bride...fast. Enter Miss Lauren Edgeworth. A year after being abandoned at the altar, Lauren has determined that marriage is not for her. When these two fiercely independent souls meet, sparks fly�and a deal is hatched. Lauren will masquerade as Kit�s intended if he agrees to provide a passionate, adventurous, unforgettable summer. When summer ends, she will break off the engagement, rendering herself unmarriageable and leaving them both free. Everything is going perfectly�until Kit does the unthinkable: He begins to fall in love. A summer to remember is not enough for him. But how can he convince Lauren to be his...for better, for worse, for the rest of their lives?