A Countess by Arrangement

Lady Sophia Hartwell has spent a year being courted by the most charming man in London — until she discovers his letters to another woman. Ruined and abandoned by society, she accepts a quiet proposal from her childhood friend, who has just returned to London after years away. The arrangement is purely for convenience. Yet, can a bargain built on friendship survive the discovery that he is the one man who has always truly seen her?

Edmund Cavendish, Earl of Ashfield, came back to London carrying grief and no expectation. Marriage was a practical matter — a name offered, a bargain struck. Yet, the woman now living under his roof is nothing like the girl from his past. She is sharper, intriguing, and possessed of a courage he had not known he was waiting for. Can a widower who has learned to manage everything dare to feel something he cannot control?

When hidden letters surface and anonymous warnings begin to arrive, their convenient marriage becomes something far more perilous. With a vengeful suitor circling, the stakes grow higher with every stolen glance. Will Sophia and Edmund find the courage to claim a love neither of them expected — before the man who ruined her destroys everything they have built?