The Earl and I — Karen Lingefelt

Grace Jordan has one week to find the husband of her choice if she wants to avoid marriage to a black sheep cousin. She schemes to join a country house party teeming with prospects, the most desirable being Hugh Logan, the Earl of Ashdown and the only man she's ever loved. Years earlier, they planned to elope until he was duped into believing she'd abandoned him. His heart still wounded, Hugh dashes her hopes by warning Grace that he won't let her trick another unsuspecting fool the way he accuses her of once betraying him. As Hugh thwarts her bumbling flirtations with potential bridegrooms, he soon realizes that none of them are worthy of the strong-willed, spirited Grace. But when time runs out and she discovers the devastating truth behind their failed elopement, Grace must surrender to seduction and scandal to learn if Hugh will seize one last chance to break her heart again...or win it once and for all.