The Earl's Dilemma
Emily May, Emily Larkin
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· 28 ratings · 304 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2009

James Hargrave, Earl of Arden, urgently needed a wife--and who better than his best friend's sister?
He wasn't looking for passion in this marriage of convenience and plain Kate Honeycourt had been on the shelf for years.
Why, then, should she so firmly turn him down? Surely she couldn't be holding out for a love match? Although, curiously, the more he saw of Kate, the more aware he became of her attractions. Maybe love wasn't as impossible as he'd once thought....
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- regency 14
- friends to lovers 14
- plain heroine 14
- historical 13
- marriage of convenience 12
- tortured hero 12
- take-charge heroine 8
- military 7
- m-f romance 5
- shy heroine 3
- third person pov 3
- sibling's best friend 3
- cruel hero/bully 2
- good grovel 2
- dual pov 2
- angst 1
- tall heroine 1
- competent heroine 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- forced proximity 1
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- body betrayal 4
- dubious consent 4
- death / grief 1
- mental trauma 1
- geography
- england 1