<I>Ashton Bedevere: renowned libertine who can ruin a reputation quicker than other gentlement can drink their brandy</I><P>After years in Italy, honing his skills in the delicious art of seduction, Ashe returns to London's high-class establishments?preceded, of course, by his reputation for lavish opulence and unashamed wickedness.<P>Then his scandalous ways are abruptly ended by his father's death. To claim what is rightfully his, notorious lothario Ashe must do the inconceivable?take a wife!<P>But who could possibly even <I>think</I> about marrying such a man? Certainly not the lovely Genevra Ralston. After all, she'd be finished in polite society. Wouldn't she? Yet Ashe's notorious charm and practiced touch could prove irresistible?.