The Duke of Defiance: 5 (Untouchables)

Difficult and defiant as a child Bran Crowther Earl of Knighton left England as a young man to pursue independence and adventure. He never expected to inherit the title and when duty calls him home he still finds Societys codes constricting and others expectations oppressive. Nevertheless he needs a wife to be a mother to his young daughter preferably a woman of intelligence and warmth who is above all immune to his idiosyncrasies--and to falling in love.Widow Joanna Shaw isnt interested in a second marriage not after the loveless passionless union she endured. Shed much rather dote on her young niece and nephew since they will likely be the only children in her life...until she meets a precocious girl in desperate need of a mother. But her father the so-called Duke of Defiance is as peculiar as he is handsome and Jo wont take another risk with her heart. Their rules however are made to be broken even when the consequences could destroy them both.