Book excerpt: Opposites attract in Regency London… The wife everybody wants Will choose the husband nobody expects! Widowed duchess Isabelle Sherborne’s wealth has made her the talk of the ton—but also the target of fortune hunters! So, when they threaten to hold Isabelle to ransom by destroying her young sister’s reputation, Isabelle asks mercenary Joseph Carter for help. To save everything that Isabelle holds dear, she must convince him to marry her. Yet whilst their convenient vows will protect her, they could put her heart in danger… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.