Regina

Regina is not easily fooled by charming men. At barely twenty-three, she has already survived a marriage to a handsome husband who betrayed her at every turn, and she was freed from that bond only when he died by chance.

Now she has taken it upon herself to shield her young niece from Lord Wrexam, a nobleman whose striking looks and enormous fortune are matched by a scandalous reputation. Regina places herself between the two, but she soon discovers that she is the one he has set his sights on. For him, love is a contest, and he will bend any rule to win it.

As Regina's hard-earned judgment clashes with the foolish longings of her own heart, she must rely on steely resolve to protect herself from the dangerously tempting attentions of the most maddeningly romantic lord in the realm.