the Wallflower's Wager with Ice King

To save her family from ruin, she must melt the coldest heart in London. But in this game of high-stakes scandal, the first one to fall in love loses everything. Clara Stanhope is used to being invisible. As a wallflower with a sharp tongue and a father drowning in gambling debts, she knows her value on the marriage market is exactly zero. That is, until Julian Vane, the notoriously stoic Earl of Raines, makes her an offer that is as scandalous as it is cold. The Bargain: One fake engagement to secure Julian's massive inheritance and settle Clara's family debts. The Rules: No real feelings, no breaking character, and a strictly enforced three-foot boundary. Known as the "Ice King," Julian has spent a decade building a fortress of marble and logic around his heart. He doesn't do passion, and he certainly doesn't do romance. He needs a sensible, quiet bride to satisfy his grandfather's will-and Clara, with her biting wit and "invisible" status, seems like the perfect transactional partner.

Pagina's: 208, Paperback, Elowen Haverbrook