The Rival Earls

The Caddish Captain

Captain Robert Ashton had all counts against him as far as Lady Sabina Bromley was concerned. First, the captain was brother to the arrogant earl carrying on a fierce family feud with Sabina's brother. Second, the captain masked his true identity and took advantage of a moment of weakness to insinuate himself into her affections and compromise her reputation. And third and most dismaying, the captain's name appeared in the will that doomed Sabina to virtual penury if she did not take him as lord and master.

Sabina vowed that never would she surrender her hand to this man she had so many reasons to despise. But one thing she had not counted on: It was not her hand that was most vulnerable to the devastatingly handsome Captain Ashton's ardent attentions...it was her lips...