Trouble at the wedding: abandoned at the altar

Annabel is about to marry the perfect man . . . The last thing Miss Annabel Wheaton desires is true love. She learned the hard way that love makes a woman foolish and leads only to heartache. That s why she agreed to marry an earl who needs her money. He s got a pedigree and a country estate, and he won t ever break her heart. There s only one problem . . . Christian isn t about to let her marry that pompous prig . . . Christian Du Quesne, Duke of Scarborough, thinks the stubborn heiress is about to make the biggest mistake of her life, and he s determined to stop her. Tempting beautiful women is Christian s forte, after all. When her family offers him a nice sum of money to stop the wedding, he s happy to accept. Falling in love with Annabel was never supposed to be part of the bargain . . .