Earl of My Dreams (Romancing the Rogue, #1)

All Miss Sophie Everett wants is to see her beloved cousin happily married to the man she loves, and she'll do whatever it takes to make it happen. When a prime opportunity for matchmaking presents itself in the form of a country house party, she contrives to spend the week sowing the seeds of romance...until a fellow guest arrives with ideas of his own. Soon Sophie finds herself butting heads with the most stubborn man she's ever known. A man who once owned her heart...

James Halloran, the Earl of Dearborn, is in need of an heir, but first he must find a wife. He thinks he's found precisely what he wants: a girl possessed of both beauty and breeding, one who will make few demands and never touch his heart. The perfect countess. Unfortunately, the girl's cousin—the maddening Miss Everett—does not share his enthusiasm for the match, and vows to prevent it, no matter the cost...

As their feud turns to friendship, sparks fly and passions ignite. But secrets, long kept hidden, threaten to destroy their future before it's even begun...