A Touch of Venus — Patricia Laye

She was a lady with a business proposition -- He was a rake with other ideas...

AN HONORABLE POSITION

NEEDED: Gentleman schooled in assessing and cataloguing of coinage.

Raines Scott's lovely eyes lit up when she read the advertisement. She was hardly a gentleman, but her father had taught her everything he knew about rare coins. Besides, it was her last chance to avoid an arranged marriage with an elderly widower. Perhaps if she wore an unbecoming black dress and a severe hairstyle to disguise her youth and beauty...

A DISHONORABLE LORD

The ruse succeeded. After infuriating her with his taunting arrogance, making it clear the considered all women constitutionally incapable of any serious endeavor, Lord Kemp had actually hired her. Raines arrived at forbidding Balfour Castle, prepared to prove her worth. But the handsome lord, apparently, had rather less scholarly pursuits in mind. And it was all Raines could do to keep her composure--and her heart--under his mocking, appreciative scrutiny...

Hero: Lord Adam Kemp
Heroine: Raines Scott