Once Upon an Earl — Eleanor Meyers

Lady Samantha Coburn has been ruined!  The only way to repair her reputation is to marry well.Yet sadly, even for a woman of her beauty, the task is hard.  After being coerced into being a dowager's companion for the Season, Samantha finds herself pulled into a scheme laden with death and danger. How fortunate that her knight happens to be very acquainted with the dark. Nash Smith is far from a gentleman. From an orphanage to time served in prison, he's far from the suitor any man would wish for his daughter. Using his own rage as energy, he'll run the villains that lurk in the dark, saving Samantha's life along the way...Like the ruffian he's known to be… He will steal her heart along the way.  Samantha will have to choose between love and a restored reputation.What will she choose?And is love enough to keep these two very different people together? The book is a full-length regency romance in the historical romance genre.