Wedded by Scandal

When Hugh Winthrop, the future Earl of Albury, decides to advertise for a wife in the London paper, he never expected an anonymous response from a woman who matches him wit for wit. Their back-and-forth letters on the true nature of love, something they disagree on wholeheartedly, leave him shockedā€”and intrigued. But then the woman heā€™s been corresponding with shows up on his doorstep, enticingly beautiful and offering a marriage of convenience in exchange for his protectionā€¦ Lady Phoebe Maitland expected to marry for love and nothing elseā€”until the man she gave her trust betrayed her. The more intrigued she becomes by the mysterious and devastatingly handsome Hugh, however, the more she realizes heā€™s holding back from opening his heart due to long-held secrets she struggles to understand. As passion flares wickedly between them, their marriage bed is quick to heat up. But when Phoebeā€™s past threatens to destroy the fragile bond theyā€™ve formed, even a budding belief in love might not be enough to save them.