Dangerous Games

When Nicholas Barrington first meets Melissa, he senses her desperation. Then he finds her being auctioned off by her father in a gambling club. For a mere 20,000 guineas, Nick buys himself a wife. But with a villain on their heels, and a fortune and their lives hanging in the balance, Nick and Melissa will soon gamble everything on the most dangerous game of all--love.

(The first book in the Dangerous series)