Waltzing the Viscount

A reluctant viscount. A transformed debutante. One impulsive waltz that changes everything...

Daniel Bennett, Viscount Kennard, has always lived by duty-first to his family, then to his title. With his sister well married and society watching his every step, he has no patience for the frivolities of a London Season-least of all escorting a cousin he remembers as a gawky, relentless girl he once avoided at every turn. But when she arrives in London, Daniel is unprepared. The awkward child of his memory has become a poised, luminous young woman with a quick wit that unsettles him as much as it captivates him. Avoidance proves impossible when a waltz draws them into dangerous proximity, awakening feelings Daniel never intended to face-especially not for her. And the more he tries to remember that she is family, the harder it becomes to ignore the way his carefully ordered world begins to tilt.

Claire Montrose once harbored a girlish fancy for her cousin-a fancy she has long since tucked into the quietest corner of her heart. Now in London under her aunt's sponsorship, she is determined to secure a future of her choosing-not merely become another jewel displayed for society's inspection. The last thing she needs is Daniel's watchful, disapproving gaze following her every move. Yet beneath his formality, she glimpses a man far more complex than the distant boy she once adored-a man whose steadiness challenges her, whose presence she cannot seem to escape, and whose nearness threatens to awaken the very feelings she had sworn to forget. As stolen glances turn into lingering touches and duty collides with desire, Daniel and Claire must decide whether protecting their reputations is worth denying what they feel.

For sometimes, the most scandalous step of all... is a waltz.