Miss Hungerford's Handsome Hero — Noel Vreeland Carter

Sharp-tongued Charlotte Hungerford had a talent for taking the puff out of a man's pride...a talent that seemed sure to doom her to spinsterhood at twenty-six.

Hadn't she hurled the crockery at Princess Sophia's tea party -- straight at Sir Hannibal Cheng, who dared make fun of her novels? Hadn't she made it clear she would not have a mooncalf like Lord Darlington, even if he was heir to a dukedom? Beautiful Charlotte Hungerford would never be wed but to a man as daring and bold as her own heroes...a man she would test to the limit before succumbing -- like a swooning heroine -- to his mad, passionate embrace!

Hero: Sir Hannibal Cheng
Heroine: Charlotte Hungerford