Hating the Vexing Viscount: A Regency Historical Romance

She swore she'd never forgive him. He swore he was better off without her. But they weren't prepared to face each other again.

Lady Marina Osborne gave her heart, among other things, to Evan Villiers, Viscount Ockham. Then he shattered it all with cold words and cruel indifference. Now she's back in London, armed with sharp wit, sharper aim, and a vow to never be fooled by a charming smile again.

Evan Villiers has spent the last year untangling the web of secrets his late father left behind. Honor demands he repair his family's fortune. Pride demands he avoid the woman who despises him. Yet every time he's near Marina, his resolve fractures. Her defiant eyes, her laughter, her very existence-all drive him mad with want and regret.

Forced into each other's orbit by meddling friends, perilous flirtations, and a shared weakness for temptation, Marina and Evan soon find their sparring turning dangerously intimate. But danger of another kind is closing in when Marina's father schemes to force her into marriage with the cruel and powerful Earl of Minto.

And when passion and peril collide, Marina must choose between running...or trusting the man she swore to hate.

Tropes/Themes:

• Enemies to lovers
• Second chance romance
• Scorned heroine
• Kidnapping
• Cutting banter
• He teaches her to shoot
• FMC in danger
• Found family
• Instant connection