Lord Radcliffe's Season — Jo Ann Ferguson

DETERMINED WIDOW
Lovely Lisabeth Montague is happy to cast off her widow's weeds--for her husband was a philandering brute, the folly of her green and girlish days. Now she's re-entering society as a seemly dowager viscountess, on guard against ever again trusting a gentleman. She will even accept the imminent arrival of Lord Radcliffe, a so-called "lad" consigned to her tutelage in the ways of the ton. But...this is no stripling! Tristan Radcliffe's dark, chiseled visage and faltering gait speak of battle scars, his manners of impeccable taste, and his sharp tongue reveal a bitter heart...

STUBBORN HERO
Wounded in war, Tristan has sworn off the ladies of the ton. For what respectable woman would give him a second glance? Nor, he fumes, does he need Lisabeth's pity! And yet, when she takes his arm to assist him, the tender flame kindled in them both bespeaks a more intriguing urge. With the marriage mart underway, wary lady and proud lord each insist they want no part of it-- except, secretly, with each other...