Earl Crush

In Alexandra VastiΓÇÖs newest Regency rom-com,a reclusive earlΓÇÖs life is turned upside down when a stranger shows up on his doorstep with an astonishing proposalΓÇöand an inconvenient connection to espionage. For three yearswallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned seditious pamphlets. And for almost as longsheΓÇÖs corresponded with the Earl of Strathrannochwhose political ambition is matched only by his charm. When ArthurΓÇÖs latest letter reveals his dire financial straitsLydia sets out for Scotland to offer him the only salvation she can think ofΓÇöa marriage of convenience. Toumherself. Unfortunatelythe Earl of Strathrannoch has no idea who she is. When a bewitching redheaded stranger offers him her hand in marriageArthur Baird is stunnedΓÇöbut when he learns that his traitorous brother has been writing to her under ArthurΓÇÖs nameheΓÇÖs bloody furious. HeΓÇÖs content to live alone in his moldering castleand he has no desire for a provocativeradical wife. (Or at leasthe shouldnΓÇÖt.) But Arthur is desperate to track down his brotherwhoΓÇÖs become dangerously entangled in British espionageand he needs LydiaΓÇÖs help. What he doesnΓÇÖt need? The attraction that burns hotter each moment they spend together. As Lydia slips past his defenses and his brotherΓÇÖs mysterious past becomes a very present threatArthur will have to risk everything to keep her safeΓÇöeven his heart.