A TAINTED BEAUTY: Harlequin comics

Lily’s house has been sold by her stepmother and she has to move out right away. The buyer is a gorgeous man named Ciro. But she’s certain his charming mask is hiding a coldhearted businessman. Unexpectedly, he visits her right before she must move out and invites her to dinner. Then he offers to pay her brother’s college tuition and asks her to marry him! She’s been shying away from men ever since she made love to and was promptly dumped by her ex-fiancé, yet she begins to think that Ciro is a man she can trust… Until she learns after the wedding that what Ciro was dreaming about was a “pure” bride.