A rake, a wallflower and a fake courtship! Delight in the spicy, high-stakes first installment of Bronwyn Scott's new trilogy Wed Within a Year. Sparks fly when the wallflower. waltzes with the rake! When the Crown awards spy Caine Parkhurst the title of marquess, it's with the outrageous stipulation he marries within the year! Caine's catapulted into London's ballrooms in search of a bride, but the last thing the rakish bachelor is looking for is love. Once a diamond, Lady Mary is now in danger of becoming a wallflower--or, worse, being married off to a man of her father's choosing! To escape the relentless matchmaking, she agrees to a fake courtship with the new marquess. Yet his touch leaves her longing to court this rake.for real! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Wed Within a Year Book 1: How to Court a Rake Book 2: How to Tempt an Earl.