Confessions of a Dangerous Lord by Elisa Braden

But that was before she woke up and started dreaming about the very unreal job of being a romance novelist. After graduating with degrees in creative writing and history, Elisa spent too many years in “real” jobs writing T-shirt copy. Reading romance novels came easily to Elisa Braden. But losing the woman he loves is one price he refuses to pay. With his enemy growing bolder and Maureen contemplating marriage to another man, Henry is caught in the crossfire between his mission and his heart. Never provoke a man as dangerous as this one… But what’s a little deception between friends? Very well, perhaps he also dissuaded some of her suitors. Yet he can’t resist drawing her close, making her laugh, dreaming of doing wicked things to her lush body. To keep her safe, he must keep her at arm’s length. Nothing mattered more until Maureen Huxley came along.

Years spent hunting his father’s murderer through London’s dark underworld have honed Henry Thorpe into a deadly blade with one purpose-catching a killer of fathomless evil. But after three seasons and a parade of fickle suitors, Maureen’s hopes are fading.

Which means her dreams of marriage, motherhood, part-time cookery, and full-time domestic bliss must be fulfilled elsewhere. Lady Maureen Huxley knows him as Henry Thorpe, her best friend-an irresistibly kissable, strictly platonic friend. Society knows the affable Earl of Dunston for his flashy waistcoats and rapier wit. To keep her, he must unmask his darkest secrets.

Confessions of a Dangerous Lord by Elisa Braden