{"product_id":"the-earls-tempting-proposal-lavinia-glen-9798877241541","title":"The Earl's Tempting Proposal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe hides his body. She hides her past. Neither expects the other to look closer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new Earl of Hartfield needs an heir and wants no entanglements. The dowager's companion needs safety and wants no husband. So Colin Knightsbridge offers Lady Abigail Wilson terms too tempting to refuse: his name and fortune, a house of her own, and the possibility of freedom once she provides an heir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA marriage of convenience. Nothing more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept Colin has spent his life hiding a body he's certain no woman could want, learning to button his coat over a spine that curves where it shouldn't. Abigail has spent five years hiding what her first marriage taught her about wanting anything at all. Two people who've made an art of not being seen, now sharing one roof, one name, and a growing list of nights neither of them sleeps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe keeps the lamps low and won't let her touch his back. She has never told a living soul what her first husband did to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone, meanwhile, would prefer the Earl of Hartfield dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe swore he'd never ask her for more than she could give. She swore she'd never let a man close again. They're both about to break their word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteamy, slow-burn marriage of convenience with a wounded hero, a guarded heroine, and the dangerous business of being seen. Book One of the Forged Alliances series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCore tropes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarriage of convenience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeauty-and-the-beast dynamic \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWounded hero \/ hero with a hidden physical condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHealing arc\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForced proximity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe falls first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh heat \/ spicy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorking partners to lovers (she runs the estate beside him)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMutual pining (each certain the other can't want them)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTouch-her-and-die protective hero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidow heroine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClass-adjacent \/ employer's household\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomantic suspense (someone wants the earl dead)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAristocrat hero \/ Victorian England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound-family series with interconnected couples\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lavinia Glen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798877241541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Lavinia Glen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801633665279,"sku":"9798877241541","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-earls-tempting-proposal-lavinia-glen-9798877241541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}