Avenging the Earl's Lady

He's the most irritating, inscrutable, insufferable lord in the kingdom. Also nosy, managing, and manipulative, and a man who's made an art of revenge. She ought to know better than to encourage his attentions. But¿he's rich, and when an impossible debt from her past comes due, theft seems the only answer.If he wanted a wife, she'd be perfect: a lady nobly born and proper. And he'd very much like her in his bed.But, he's sired his heir and his spare and put his work for the Crown...
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He's the most irritating, inscrutable, insufferable lord in the kingdom. Also nosy, managing, and manipulative, and a man who's made an art of revenge. She ought to know better than to encourage his attentions. But¿he's rich, and when an impossible debt from her past comes due, theft seems the only answer.If he wanted a wife, she'd be perfect: a lady nobly born and proper. And he'd very much like her in his bed.But, he's sired his heir and his spare and put his work for the Crown behind him. Except that his honor requires vanquishing one last enemy.Then the priceless painting he needs for his revenge goes missing, and his enemy strikes at the lady he lusts after. Avenging his own honor is everything-until that of his lady is threatened.