...entertaining!
An accidental Affair (The Distinguished Rogues #4) by Heather Boyd Finding true love is no easy thing. Widowed Arabella Lawson, Lady Farnsworth, 'not the type of woman to incite great passion in the gentlemen', comes to town to chaperone her niece, and with a personal 'mission'--to take a lover. The thing is she was married off to a much older man and before she returns to a quiet country life she decides to live just a little, to find out the truth and hopefully the joy of a brief romance. Stolen kisses in the library seem a start--or an ending. Merrick Bishop, the Earl of Rothwell needs an heir. Some quiet biddable debutante seems the very thing. This restless rake is determined to be a faithful husband once married. He has his reasons! But those stolen kisses had rather more of an effect on him than he cares to admit. Merrick is suffering the burden of his dead father's rampant casual affairs. The consequences have prompted Merrick to actions ...