The Unexpected Wife — Emily Hendrickson

Love, Honor, and Deceive ...

Her father gone, her estate for the taking, Juliet Winterton was facing an arranged marriage to a drunken gambler. So she ran away--to a charming home on the country estate of Alexander Barr, Viscount Hawkswood, the most notorious rake in London. Juliet would simply pretend to be his wife while he was away. But then the selfsame rake made an unexpected return, barging into her newfound sanctuary!

Alexander had planned on hiding at his remote estate to escape a husband hunter. But on his arrival he found a lovely young innocent posing as his wife. A man of noble blood, Alex couldn't turn the poor girl away. So he joined in the charade--and soon found the game very much to his liking. But when his heart turned to the most scandalous passion a rake could imagine--true love--the false marriage became merely a rehearsal ... for the real thing.