Desperate to free herself and her sister from their stepfather’s aggressive and irrational behavior, Katherine Stillwell is determined to find a sensible, dependable husband as quickly as possible. The Earl of Rudley is a widower. With a disastrous, unhappy marriage behind him he is not eager to marry again. But when he finds himself strongly drawn to Katherine, will he stand aside and watch her wed another? Regency Romance by Lois Menzel; originally published by Fawcett