Lady Eva, insists that his delay is only temporary, and that she is more than skilled to keep things on track. He is awaiting the architect, Lord Cassell, E.M. Phillip Mansfield is a millionaire as well as a hotelier and will stop at nothing to see his first of its kind hotel erected. She was rather unfortunate enough to have these remarkable skills in history at a difficult time, The Gilded Age, and women with such high skills just weren't acknowledged, accepted or appreciated. However, the times don't really allow for that.

Her father is a renowned architect and she has learned everything she knows from him, to the point that the very plans at jeopardy are none other than Eva's. Her father has fallen ill and this could totally derail a critical deal involving a new hotel. When a series of onsite 'accidents' make it clear someone wants Lady Unlucky to earn her nickname, Phillip discovers he's willing to do anything to protect her-even if it requires a scandalous deal. Yet Eva is more capable-and more alluring-than Phillip first thought, and he cannot keep from drawing up a plan of his own to seduce her. Or is it Lady Irresistible? Phillip Mansfield reluctantly agrees to let the fiery Lady Eva oversee his luxury hotel project while vowing to keep their relationship strictly professional. But Eva's misfortune strikes once more when she discovers the stranger who swept her off her feet is none other than her new employer. She sets sail for New York City, determined that nothing will deter her dream of becoming an architect, certainly not an unexpected passionate shipboard encounter with a mysterious stranger. With three dead fiancés, Lady Eva Hyde has positively no luck when it comes to love. Joanna Shupe returns with another unforgettable novel set in the glittering world of New York City's Gilded Age.

A Scandalous Deal by Joanna Shupe