The Ashwood Betrothal: A Fake Engagement Regency Romance (The Ashwood & Hart Scandals Book 1)

Lady Cordelia Ashwood has four weeks to avoid being married off like a useful piece of family property. Maximilian Hart, Earl of Ravenmere, needs respectability before rumors of murder and treason finish what war began. Their solution is outrageous, practical, and entirely temporary: a fake engagement staged for the most suspicious drawing rooms in Regency London. But every public smile and tactical touch makes the lie feel less like strategy and more like surrender.As a scandal sheet stalks Ravenmere's household and a hidden family packet threatens the earl's title, Cordelia and Max must decide whether trust is worth the risk. The Ashwood Betrothal is a fake engagement Regency romance with forced proximity, one-bed inn tension, a wounded war hero, a witty heroine, a he-falls-first earl, and a slow-burn love that becomes dangerously real. Read more