The Earl of Ashcombe: An Intense Enemies to Lovers Regency Romance

A brooding, war-scarred Earl. A brilliant, fiercely independent companion. And a public scandal that forces them to choose between unyielding pride and an undeniable love.Adrian Vale, the formidable Earl of Ashcombe, has returned from the battlefields of the Peninsula with a badly healed shoulder, a mountain of guilt, and a dangerous reputation. He is controlling, emotionally withholding, and utterly convinced that desire is a weakness that exposes a man to ruin. He wants nothing more than to quietly restore order to his neglected Hertfordshire estate-until he clashes with his mother's new companion.Miss Genevieve Sutton is no ordinary dependent. Armored with a diamond-sharp intellect and a proud spirit, she has spent years secretly designing a dream of her own: earning enough independence to open a school for girls of reduced means. She has zero patience for arrogant aristocrats who rule from the shadows, and she refuses to be intimidated by the cold, imposing Earl-no matter how breathless his proximity makes her.When a temporary relocation to London throws them into the glittering, cutthroat crucible of the Season, their sharp-witted verbal sparring turns into a volatile, inescapable attraction. Behind closed doors, dark defenses crumble, exposing a raw, intense passion that threatens to shatter Adrian's carefully guarded self-command.But the ton is a ruthless judge. When a malicious trap springs a public compromise at a high-society musicale, ruin knocks at the door. Facing the wreckage of a scandal that could destroy Genevieve's future, Adrian's instinct is to hide her away in a quiet cottage. But Genevieve refuses to be his private solace and his public shame. To win the heart of the woman who matches him stride for stride, the proud Earl must learn a final, devastating lesson: how to kneel, how to share power, and how to fight for her in the daylight.From the author of The Marquess of Blackthorn comes a sweeping, emotionally intense Regency novel. The Earl of Ashcombe delivers high-stakes societal tension, sharp class-clash romance, and a deeply satisfying, hard-won happily-ever-after.READER NOTE: This installment features a brooding, fiercely possessive alpha hero, high emotional intensity, open-door passion, and a brilliant heroine who refuses to surrender her agency.

Pagina's: 87, Paperback, Independently published