Lord Bredon and the Bachelor's Bible — Mia Marlowe

With the dowries of all the season's debutantes exposed in its scandalous pages, The Bachelor's Bible is a handy tool for an earl in need of an heiress . . .

Edward Lovell, newly minted earl, bears a weighty responsibility: to restore his family's estate to its former grandeur. The task requires not simply a wife, but a wealthy one. Thanks to The Bachelor's Bible, he already has a particular lady in mind. He has only to convince her sponsor that he will make a suitable husband. There's just one complication: the sponsor is none other than the only woman he's ever loved -- and inexplicably lost. Now a young widow, Lady Anne Howard is more beautiful than ever . . .

Anne is not about to be taken for a fool a second time. When they last met, Edward was Lord Bredon, the man she adored -- the man who destroyed her dreams of a happy future. Now he is pursuing the hand of the young lady Anne must keep safe from unscrupulous suitors. But who will protect Anne from the earl who still possesses her heart?