A Man without a Mistress (The Penningtons: Regency Romance)

Sir Peregrine Sayre has spent seven years attempting to atone for traumatic events from his twenty-first birthday by focusing on political work and avoiding romantic involvement with members of the ton. When his mentor assigns him to locate reformed prostitutes, his past threatens to undermine his political career. Sibilla Pennington was raised to be a political wife but lost that opportunity when her father died unexpectedly. She has little interest in marriage and, to forestall her brothers' efforts to marry her off after her mourning period ends, she declares she will only accept a man as politically knowledgeable as her father was—and one who has never kept a mistress. She believes no such man exists in London. When Sibilla attempts to help a reformed maidservant escape a former procurer, she becomes involved in Peregrine's search and finds herself drawn to the reserved baronet. As the search becomes increasingly dangerous, Sibilla's tendency toward risk-taking echoes the shame Peregrine has long tried to escape. Peregrine must confront whether he can face his past without jeopardizing a future with Sibilla.