A Touch of Sin for the Elusive Duke by Scarlett Osborne

Touched by your sin, I’ve never felt anything akin…

Still haunted by the loss of her mother, Lady Alicia Balfour has resigned herself to spinsterhood.
Finding solace only in the company of her friend, Lady Clarissa, she wears a mask to conceal her pain. Until the night of a Masquerade ball, where her mask completely shatters under the heated gaze of a Duke.
Conor Carter, Duke of Quisenbury, wears the mantle of the rake to keep people from getting too close. Solely focused on running his father’s business, marriage is the last thing on his mind. When a ball finds him kissing an alluring masked lady in the gardens, he vows to find her and claim her whole.
The announcement of Alicia’s impending nuptials to someone else tests the limits of their desire to be together. Eyes seem to follow their every move; friendly eyes that promise damnation. A gunshot shatters the silence of the night, and Alicia wails when she sees exactly who’s standing over Conor’s body…