The Indifferent Earl by Blair Bancroft

With a country cottage left to her in a mysterious will, American schoolmistress Abigail Todd leaves for England, secretly in search of adventure. What she finds is the scandalous truth of her family history--as the grandmother she never knew plays a posthumous matchmaker.

To receive her bequest, the upright Abigail must complete a series of tasks--and do so in the company of Jared Verney, the handsome Earl of Langley. But the Earl is famous for his polite indifference, and the headstrong Abigail cannot believe a relative of hers could be so indiscreet. And she is just as mystified to discover that the woman she never met may have found her the perfect man...

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