The Lord Next Door

<p>The handsome deceiving lord was <u>not</u> the man Victoria believed him to be but Victoria must wed-immediately! </p><p><br></p><p>To rescue her family from financial ruin lovely Victoria Shelby has no choice but to marry. Her options for a bridegroom are limited...until she remembers the shy servant boy next door. Then she discovers that her childhood friend is actually Viscount Thurlow-ruthless businessman future earl and a man whose family is shrouded in scandal.</p><p><br></p><p>After two rejected marriage proposals David Thurlow needs a wife who will give him an heir someone who will not only overlook his past but also be above reproach. Victoria is the ideal candidate-quiet unassuming and in desperate need of funds. But even as she strives to be the perfect wife her calm demeanor masks a shocking secret...one that is overshadowed by David's slow heated lessons in the art of seduction that threaten to transform a convenient marriage into a torrid and passionate affair</p>