Welcome to Litsy!

As the Black Raven, she�s cold, distant and alone...untouched by the gossip and scorn of her aristocratic peers. Until he enters her house � and her life � then suddenly her icy shell is no match for the heat of attraction... Notorious Widow Lisbeth Carslake, Countess of Blackhurst was acquitted of her husband�s murder, but no one believes in her innocence. Known as the Black Raven, bringer of bad luck and death, she is eviscerated by the gossips and mocked in the clubs. She�s also the subject of London�s most scandalous wager. Oliver Whitely, Earl of Bellamy, needs money, but it takes more than a few drinks to take on The Black Raven Wager. He finds himself drunk, at her house, and�more surprisingly�agreeing to a business proposal at the end of a fire poker. She will let him win the wager, and he will help find her husband�s killer before the killer finds her. But business agreements don�t mean trust, and Lisbeth certainly doesn�t trust Oliver, her body�s reaction to him, or her heart. Love may be the biggest gamble of their lives, but is it a wager their hearts can afford to lose?