Love With a Scandalous Lord — Lorraine Heath

Of all the eligible noblemen in London, husband-seeking Lydia had to lose her heart to the scandalous Marquess of Blackhurst.

BEST LAID PLANS GONE SCANDALOUSLY AWRY

Clutching her well-worn copy of Blunders in Behavior Corrected Miss Lydia Westland comes to London with dreams of marrying a British lord. But while the first titled man she meets in society is handsome, dashing, and oh-so-tempting, Rhys Rhodes, the Marquess of Blackhurst, is anything but the "gentleman" Lydia is seeking. It was whispered that he was a man so thoroughly ruined that no proper lady would be seen with him. Lydia is determined to behave like a lady, but her treacherous heart keeps urging her to be anything but...

Just when Rhys believes all hope of love is lost, an angel walks into his life--the exquisite picture of pure innocence, yet with a fiery temperament that delights him. All the laughter and joy gone from his life is alive in Lydia's sparkling violet eyes, but although he longs to make her his, he knows that no respectable woman could marry him. Lydia, it's clear, seems to know the rules of proper decorum by heart, but Rhys has learned that rules can be broken, and perhaps this time his willful ways will allow him to win...