In Alexandra Vasti's newest Regency rom-com a reclusive earl's life is turned upside down when
a stranger shows up on his doorstep with an astonishing proposal-and an inconvenient connection
to espionage. For three years wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned
seditious pamphlets. And for almost as long she's corresponded with the Earl of Strathrannoch
whose political ambition is matched only by his charm. When Arthur's latest letter reveals his
dire financial straits Lydia sets out for Scotland to offer him the only salvation she can
think of-a marriage of convenience. To um herself. Unfortunately the Earl of Strathrannoch
has no idea who she is. When a bewitching redheaded stranger offers him her hand in marriage
Arthur Baird is stunned-but when he learns that his traitorous brother has been writing to her
under Arthur's name he's bloody furious. He's content to live alone in his moldering castle
and he has no desire for a provocative radical wife. (Or at least he shouldn't.) But Arthur
is desperate to track down his brother who's become dangerously entangled in British espionage
and he needs Lydia's help. What he doesn't need? The attraction that burns hotter each moment
they spend together. As Lydia slips past his defenses and his brother's mysterious past becomes
a very present threat Arthur will have to risk everything to keep her safe-even his heart.
