Book excerpt: Signet Regency Romance presents a classic tale of romantic deception from Sharon Sobel—available digitally for the first time. Desperate to avoid a loveless arranged marriage—to a man thrice her age—headstrong Lady Larkspur pretends she is ill—making her unsuitable to become a wife. But her swoons and fevers don’t fool Benedict Queensman, the physician who is charged with her care. Though he immediately sees Lark’s “decline” as artifice, he whisks her off to Brighton in hopes that the sea air can revive her. Yet Ben discovers that the last thing he wants is to cure the woman who has won his heart—just to lose her to another…Don’t miss Sharon Sobel’s beloved Regency classic Miss Clarkson’s Classmate in April 2012.