Beloved Rake — Anne Hampson

Although she had spent all her life in Greece, young Serra Costalos was only half Greek -- and she couldn't endure the thought of the cold-blooded, arranged Greek marriage that was all that was in store for her.

In fact, she had already run away from home when, quite by chance, she met the English-man Dirk Morgan and discovered that he was looking for a wife. But a wife with a difference. Dirk had to marry in order to inherit a fortune, and, as he was a self-confessed rake and had no intention of changing his ways, he wanted a wife who would leave him alone and not make a nuisance of herself.

So Serra and Dirk married. But neither of them got what they expected.

Hero: Dirk Morgan
Heroine: Serra Costalos