Reluctant Bride — Valerie King

INDIGNANT MISS
When Charity Holwell heard how rudely her handsome suitor, the Earl of Redbourne, had treated her beloved cousins, the blue-eyed beauty was enraged. But when the rogue finally asked for her hand, she gave her assent ... with revenge, not love, as her motive. She would lead the scoundrel a merry chase, then give him the public set-down he so richly deserved!

BEWILDERED LORD
The Earl could not imagine what had become of the sweet-tempered girl he had courted. Charity seemed determined to contradict her name at every turn! Surely it was nothing a little wooing couldn't overcome. In his considerable experience with the fairer sex, the dashing nobleman had come to put great stock in the effects of soft words and tender kisses. He would need a fair amount of both to conquer the spirited Miss Holwell but he would relish the seduction of his RELUCTANT BRIDE