The Counterfeit Heart — Anthea Malcolm

A LADY IN DISTRESS
Nicola Crawford was hardly surprised when her cousin's betrothed disappeared on some mysterious quest with hardly a fare-thee-well. Anyone engaged to Charles Windham was bound to run off sooner or later. Charles might be deucedly handsome, but he hadn't a romantic bone in his body. Of course, Nicola had once fancied herself in love with him, but she soon recovered from that odd fit of madness. And she would rather faint dead away than admit she had even considered entrusting her heart to so conventional, so horridly practical a man!

A GENTLEMAN OF CONSEQUENCE
With the unerring instinct that made him an asset to the Foreign Office, Charles Windham knew his eminently sensible fiancee would never simply disappear. And ne was merely being sensible in turn when he allowed Nicola to accompany him as he investigated the mysterious goings-on. He tried to forget that he'd once been quite taken With the flighty, reckless beauty, but even now she managed to rouse his baser impulses in a most disconcerting fashion. Charles had vowed long ago to marry for all the right reasons... if only Nicola didn't make him forget what they were!

Hero: Charles Windham
Heroine: Nicola Crawford