He's not a fit suitor for anyone, let alone an heiress.

He came home from war with a shattered leg to find his father mad and his inheritance gone. But the money seems to blind every man she meets-except one. Abigail hopes for a man who wants her desperately and passionately. Abigail Weston has everything: beauty, wit, and one of the largest dowries in England. But either one of those could cost him his bachelor status, which would be dreadful-wouldn't it? less He'd give anything to get her out of her unflattering gowns. The only way he can win an argument is by kissing her senseless. Not only is she his best friend's sister, she always seems to catch him at a disadvantage. Is even a short flirtation too much to ask for? Tristan, Lord Burke, recognizes Joan at once for what she is: trouble. Thanks to some deliciously scandalous-and infamous-stories, she has a pretty good idea of what she's missing as a spinster. more Joan Bennet is tired of being a wallflower.

Joan Bennet is tired of being a wallflower.

It takes a scandal by caroline linden