A Rake's Folly — Claudette Williams

a mysterious rogue returns to claim his estate -- and a lady's heart...

His return caused a sensation...

All of Nottingham is abuzz with the news that the notorious Earl of Cortland has returned home from far-off India. Everyone knows about the duel that drove him into exile--and of the beautiful woman who caused it. Yet even level-headed Sophia Egan gapes when the tall, dashing earl strides into the ballroom--and gasps when he rescues her from a tedious waltz with an odious suitor.

Their romance created a scandal!

Melting into the handsome nobleman's arms, Sophia knows that tomorrow the haute monde will be gossiping about her. But as Cortland draws her closer, all she can see is his twinkling blue eyes ...and all she can feel is a delightful frisson of something that can only be desire.

Now, with a rival suitor determined to win her, Sophia is swept into a complex quadrille of scandal, intrigue and romance...risking her reputation...and her heart--on a love she knows is true.

Hero:
Heroine: Sophia Egan