Painting the Earl

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>The bargain: She'll marry him if he poses nude for her.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lady Amelia Mabry is determined to paint her masterpiece before marrying but she's struggling with the male form. It isn't as if she can hire a nude model - she'd be shunned by the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ton. </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So when the Earl of Sommerset who she's privately dubbed the Golden Adonis surprises her with a marriage proposal she can't resist making a counterproposal - pose nude for her and when the painting is complete she'll marry him if he still wishes her to.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Andrew Crauford Earl of Sommerset has just inherited his title - and as he's discovered his father's significant debt. He needs to marry a woman with a sizeable dowry but no young lady has interested him. Running out of time at his friend's recommendation he proposes to Lady Amelia. But he never expected a counterproposal nor such a brazen one at that! <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> he's interested.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Unfortunately the lady has an aversion to being married for her money which means he must entice her to fall in love with him.</p><p><br></p><p>Though Lady Amelia has fancied painting the earl since meeting him she's shocked he agreed to her counterproposal. As his sittings begin she finds it more and more difficult to focus on her painting instead of her model. If she's not careful her carefully laid plans for her future will go amiss.</p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Bargain or not falling in love with the earl before completing her masterpiece is not an option.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Marrying a Mabry</u></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Stealing the Duke</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Painting the Earl</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Revealing the Viscount</span></p>