The Price of Desire
- Author: Jo Goodman
- Publisher: Zebra
- Year: 2008
- Setting: London
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Olivia Cole is devastated to learn that her ne'er-do-well brother has pledged her to the operator of a London gaming hall while he tries to raise the money to pay his gaming debts. Olivia accepts that she will have to make herself useful to Griffin Wright-Jones, the Viscount of Breckenridge, the owner of the hall. But Olivia and Griffin are different from your usual sister/gaming hall owner/promise in lieu of debt characters. Yes, he rouses in her wanton thoughts she's never dared entertain - until now But Griffin doesn't force her to share his bed - a difficult task considering how beautiful she is. Instead, Olivia demonstrates how useful she can be as a card dealer and helps him with the business aspects of the hall, and together they try to find a life together.