The Rake's Fiancee
Martha Kirkland

Inheriting a baron's title and estate, retired artillery officer Bennett Holden takes up residence in Shropshire, where he becomes reacquainted with teh woman who broke his heart. Because Phoebe believes a falsehood about him, Bennett decides to revenge himself by pretending to love her - and then rejecting her. But he runs the risk of playing his ruse too close to his own heart...