An Intriguing Proposition : Defiant Hearts Prequel

An Intriguing Proposition (novella length) takes you on a fast-paced carriage ride through the streets of Victorian Boston.

Insidious blackmail, the threat of foreclosure, and a fake engagement-all in one week! Elise Malloy will do anything to protect her well-bred Boston family-even marry a stranger! Faced with overwhelming debt and threatened by the man she trusted, she fights to save her home from foreclosure and her beloved brother from ruinous disgrace.

What a chowderhead! Once upon a time, upright banker, Michael Bradley did the unthinkable. He humiliated the lady whom he greatly admired. Now, he only wants to make amends by helping her out of a sticky situation and tell her his heart's true intentions.

Someone has an old score to settle. When villainy of the worst kind seeks to destroy the Malloy family-and trap Elise in a loveless marriage-can Michael convince Elise to accept his own Intriguing Proposition?

An Intriguing Proposition is the stand-alone Prequel in the Victorian-American romance series Defiant Hearts. Engaging, believable characters, attention to period detail, and sensual romance-all in this series by highly acclaimed USA Today bestselling writer Sydney Jane Baily.