Frayed Bonds — Diana Thorn

Peter Mainwaring, Viscount Herridon, fell in love with Amy in the Assembly Room at Bath. When he waylaid her in a moonlit garden and introduced her to erotic bondage and submission, he thought he'd found his bride. But Amy, frightened of her response, fled and married Peter's best friend John instead.Amy loves John, but his gentle caresses leave her cold. When John confesses his unhappiness, Peter offers to help. He comes to Amy as a masked stranger and teaches her to embrace her desires. But when it's time to return to her husband, Amy realizes the masked man is Peter, and that she cannot give her heart -- or her body -- to John alone.