Delicious wit and charm abound in this new historical romance in which an English aristocrat returns from exile after the Napoleonic Wars to face a daring new mission of a different sort: finding a suitable wife.
After years spent captive in a French fortress, Captain Quentin Scovell returns to London, only to find himself the new Marquess of Glencraig after his brother’s death. Guarded and blunt, Quentin needs help adapting to society and wooing a marriage-worthy woman—preferably one who won’t recoil from his scars. Lady Chloe Leighton, his best friend’s enigmatic sister, entices him, but is surely too elegant and refined to be suitable.
Practical, with a strong sense of fairness, Chloe is determined to repay Quentin after he settled her mother’s gambling loss a year ago. A deal is struck—she will give Quentin courtship lessons to polish his many rough edges so he can find a wife. The marquess is reserved and commanding, with a history he’s unwilling to share. But then, Chloe has secrets, too. As each begins to see beneath the surface, a dangerous person from the past threatens their future, their arrangement becomes more complicated and heated, and may prove the surprising answer to all their deepest desires . . .
In this captivating new historical romance brimming with seductive twists and irresistible wit, an English nobleman is finally free from exile—but can his heart still be captured?
After more than a decade separated from his home and family, the Earl of Heathbrook returns to his London townhouse to face a new test: reclaiming guardianship of his younger brothers. His reputation as a rakehell, it seems, has followed him from detention inside Napoleon’s France and caused his own father to block Heathbrook’s rightful custody in his will. However, the clever rogue concocts a plan to restore respectability and rescue his siblings . . . by finding a “fiancée” with no strings attached.
Giselle Bernard is not looking to wed an earl with a wild past. All she seeks is a connected nobleman who can legally secure her new life in England and head off a mysterious stranger’s threats. Posing as Heathbrook’s bride-to-be would surely benefit them both. But as revelations come to light—the ill-fated young affair that left Heathbrook embittered, and the mademoiselle’s own guarded secrets—their engagement charade may unexpectedly blossom into a promise to love, honor, and cherish . . .
Intriguing twists and sparkling wit entwine in this stunning new historical romance from the New York Times bestselling Sabrina Jeffries, as a once-captive patriot returns home to a changed world in the wake of the Napoleonic War…
Napoleon’s war has ended, and English captives detained for years in a French fortress are finally released. Returning to a London he no longer recognizes, and facing astonishing changes in his own family, Lord Jonathan Leighton learns he has inherited a dukedom. But the new nobleman carries the guilt of having wronged his late mentor. Now, he vows to fulfill his promise to find a suitable match for the man’s daughter, Victoria—even if it takes offering a nonexistent dowry to spark her interest in matrimony . . .
Sharp-witted Victoria would just as soon sculpt the Greek god who has come to take charge of her future. In fact, she has her sights set on founding a school for women artists. As Jonathan matches wits with the talented beauty, revelations from his past—and their connection to her father’s demise—threaten to unveil both of their closely held secrets and thrust them into a danger they can only escape together.