Dark Angel / Mary Balogh 308 p. 5 Gold Rings

When Gabriel Fisher, the Earl of Thornhill, returns to London for the season, he sees a way to revenge the harm done to his step-mother by Lord Lionel Kersey.  Kersey is soon to announce at last his betrothal to Jennifer Winwood.  Jennifer has been engaged to Kersey for some five years and believes Kersey to be an honorable man even though she has met him only a few times.  The feud begins with Jennifer as a pawn.  She is so drawn to the incredibly handsome Kersey and is surprised by her innocent friendship with Thornhill.  The feud escalates and others, including Jennifer's cousin Samantha Newman, are used.