Dearly Beloved [Mass Market Paperback] Putney, Mary Jo

Diana Lindsay fled scandal in London for the quiet of a Yorkshire estate, determined never to marry. Lord Geoffrey Branford is her opposite — charming, restless, a rake seeking redemption who inherits the neighboring manor. When a storm strands them together overnight, propriety demands a marriage neither wanted. What starts as a cold arrangement slowly thaws into something neither expected: desire, friendship, and the dangerous possibility of love. But Diana's past isn't finished with her, and Geoffrey's demons run deeper than reputation. Mary Jo Putney delivers a Regency romance that understands marriage comes before the happy ending — and that the real work is what happens after "I do." For readers who want their historical romance with emotional weight and characters who earn their redemption.