Book excerpt: Revel in this Regency annoyance-to-lovers story, full of twists, turns and page-turning romance! From feuding neighbors… To a union at the altar? Having lost her fiancé to war, Lady Juliet Sinclair refuses to lose her home to her brother’s gambling debts. She certainly wouldn’t otherwise be contemplating a marriage offer from her arrogant yet infuriatingly attractive neighbor, the Earl of Ashleigh… If widower Marcus didn’t need a mother for his beloved daughter, he wouldn’t be proposing to outspoken Juliet, either. They cross swords whenever they meet, but his daughter immediately takes to her. Yet Marcus is discovering his new bride intrigues him in ways he hadn’t expected…making their battle of wills even more thrilling! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.