The Pleasure of Her Kiss — Linda Needham

The dashing rogue is finally coming home to claim the exquisite stranger who is living there, a willful beauty he barely knows...his bride.

A MOST IMPETUOUS UNION

Jared, earl of Hawkesly, needed to wed immediately, and the fact that he barely knew his beautiful, desperate bride Kathryn mattered not a whit. The instant their vows were spoken, the dashing rogue sailed off to seek his fortune--leaving his marriage unconsummated and his new wife behind as the mistress of his estate.

Now, two years later, Jared has returned, ready to perform his much neglected husbandly duties. But to his shock, not only has his bride transformed his once tranquil home into a thriving business enterprise overrun with strangers, Kate doesn't recognize her errant husband! Even as he vows that will change, Jared realizes he may have met his match in this spirited woman who enchants him more by the hour. And to win his own wife's heart, it will take a very special seduction indeed .. .