Matters of the Heart — Mayo Lucas

Unspoken Longings -- It was blackmail! Nathan Rushton's father decreed he must marry Amanda Alton or be disinherited and lose the turn of the century Baltimore company he'd worked all his life to possess. Furious, Nathan accepted the match, but vowed to thwart his domineering parent -- even if it meant denying the passion that drew him irresistibly to his bride's bed, suppressing the love that stirred in his heart.

Amanda called herself a silly, romantic fool, but she'd adored Nathan for years -- this rakish husband with a lopsided grin who set her pulse fluttering, this dashing man-about-town whose heady kisses turned her weak with desire. Idiot that she was, she nurtured a tiny hope, longing to share her joys and sorrows, yearning for a love that would shatter the barriers of hurt and mistrust between them.