Too Dangerous to Desire: Number 3 in series [Mass Market Paperback] Elliott, Cara

A Regency rake with a genius for mathematics meets a bluestocking inventor who refuses to play by society's rules. When Sophie Lawrance's experimental steam engine explodes — literally — she needs a reclusive earl's expertise to rebuild it. What she doesn't need is his infuriating charm or the way his presence makes her forget every sensible thought. But someone wants her invention destroyed, and suddenly the greatest danger isn't her combustible chemistry with a man who claims he's sworn off women. Cara Elliott delivers witty banter, genuine heat, and two stubborn intellectuals who spark like flint on steel. Book three in the Hellions of High Street series works perfectly as a standalone. For fans of Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn who like their historical romance with a side of science.