Enter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made… unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON’S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives… and loves.Can an earl put aside the ghosts of the past and accept a future with his scandal-plagued wife?On the night of her come-out, Lady Emma Spencer learns her … come-out, Lady Emma Spencer learns her father has bilked numerous peers. Not only is she humiliated, but her father flees England, leaving Emma penniless and homeless. She finds work as a companion and years later, she winds up with a fortune. All she lacks now is the children she so desperately desires. That means finding a husband—and she turns to The Black Widow of Whitehall, Mrs. Bessie Dove-Lyon, who pairs women touched by scandal with men in desperate need of money.
Upon his father’s death, Marcus becomes the Earl of Rutherford and finds he’s bankrupt, thanks to his father losing the family fortune to poor investments and gambling. Though Marcus had wanted to wed for love, he turns to an infamous matchmaker, who arranges a marriage for him. Lady Emma Spencer is everything he dreamed of in a woman, and Marcus gallantly refuses to discuss her past, telling Emma he is her future.
But secrets have a way of coming out and Marcus learns he’s married to the one woman he never would have chosen.
Can Marcus put aside the ghosts of the past and accept a future with his wife?
Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s The Lyon’s Lady Love, a part of the new Dragonblade Publishing’s The Lyon’s Den series.
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Lady Emma Spencer never had a come out as a young woman, as it was stopped when her father comes home and tells her that he is leaving England without her. Then he steals the diamond necklace and earrings; that were her mothers, off her person and disappears out the door before he could be caught. She is left penniless and homeless as her cousin does not want her either. Appears that her father has embezzled money from many of his peers. Marcus becomes the Earl of Rutherford after his father’s death finds out that he is bankrupted, thanks to his father’s gambling and bad investments. What surprises lie ahead for these individuals as they use the Black Widow of Whitehall in looking for a match? I have enjoyed this series that tells the stories of couples that need the help of the service that is provided by the Lyon’s Den.
A few years Emma Spencer learned the night of her first London season that her father had bilked several peers out of their fortunes and now he’s escaping with their money. She’s now the companion of middle aged woman Mrs. Blackwell when she finds out her father left a fortune when he died. Emma decides she wants to marry and have children and Mrs. Blackwell convinces her to go the matchmaker at the Lyon’s Den. Marcus Rutherford finds his father has bankrupt the estate by losing the family fortune to poor investments and gambling. Marcus is the Earl of Rutherford and finds he needs a wealthy bride to save the estate. He goes the matchmaker too. The Lyon’s Den is a famous gambling house with Black Widow of Whitehall making money of connecting wedding matches. Emma and Marcus meet and she decides she does want to marry Marcus. Marcus doesn’t want to know about her past, they both have past and ignorance is bliss. Eventually the truth comes out and Marcus is devastated to learn his wife’s father is the one man who caused all his families troubles and stole all their money in a get rich scheme. A captivating story of overcoming obstacles, and how they learn they are stronger together if only they can forgive and forget the pasts and let love conquer all. An excellent story I loved and I voluntarily wrote a review.