The Third Duke's The Charm (Ladies in Waiting #3)

A sophisticated peer and an unfashionable spinster...

After four grueling seasons, comely Vivian LaCrosse thought she was finally engaged—until her fiancé elopes with another. But the scandal is dispersed in the nick of time by the unlikely proposal of Lucien Caverleigh, the handsome older brother to her former fiancé. No one is more startled than she is by the unlikely match, but the offer seems genuine—and he is the most eligible bachelor in England...

All seems well until the wedding day, when a shocking act of revenge tears Lucien away from the altar and away from British soil. Shattered by what seems an unforgivable betrayal, Vivian vows to never trust a man again.

But when Lucien returns, he aims to claim Vivian as his own once more. And he’s willing to do anything to gain her heart—even if he has to steal it…