Take one grumpy viscount. Add a sunshiny flirt. Mix well for chaos! When widowed Colin Bell, Viscount Manning, arrives at his brother-in-law's summer house party, he expects polite conversation, card games, and possibly some matchmaking machinations from his sister. Love is not on the agenda. His heart died with his wife, and he'll not risk that pain again.
Anne Weatherby, who generates gossip in every ballroom, knows what society whispers-that she's a shameless flirt. But beneath her bright laughter lies a longing for something true. When she crosses paths with the brooding viscount, sparks fly. And not the pleasant kind.
Each is the last person the other should want. Yet amidst country rides, scandalous gossip, and the ever-prying eyes of The Muckraker, attraction turns to something far more than either expected.
A match neither of them want-but both of them need.
