


Phoebe is determined not to be persuaded by the handsome earl's son, no matter how charming he is. He's intrigued by the lovely widow from the moment she shuts the door in his face. So Nick decamps to the country, under strict orders to marry Phoebe off to somebody before the polls open. Helping his little brother win an election could be just what the doctor ordered. But now his army career is over for good, his leg and his self-confidence both shattered in the war. The Honorable Nicholas Dymond has vowed never to get involved in his family's aristocratic politicking.

Lemeston is hotly contested, and the little town's charter gives Phoebe the right to make her husband a voter-if she had one. Unfortunately, the election in Lively St. Prickly newspaperman's widow Phoebe Sparks has vowed never to marry again. Politics can make spectacular bedfellows…
