Nicola Cornick 
One Night of Scandal 

Deborah Stratton is a respectable widow–or so the inhabitants of the Midwinter villages believe. But she hides a secret that means she’ll never marry again….Lord Richard Kestrel is London’s most notorious rake, a dangerous man to be around, a man who has already shockingly offered to make Deborah his mistress. Now Richard has come to realize it is Deborah’s hand in marriage he wants–but not before they share one night of scandal….