His Lordship's PleasureAnnabelle Carruthers can only dream of being kissed by a man as dashing as Lord Darkwood. She remains locked in misery, married to a rakish drunk who gambles their lives into financial and social ruin. His sudden death, accompanied by rumours of spies and treachery, only makes matters worse. Burdened with her dead husband's gambling debts, Annabelle fears that she is on her way to the poorhouse. The only solution Annabelle can see to avoid this fate