Love on a Midsummer Night

"English crafts a lively battle-of-wills romance."-RT Book Reviews on How to Tame a Willful Wife How to Avoid an Unwanted Marriage: 1.

Track down his first love 2. Slap his face when he propositions you to become his mistress 3.

Flee the countryside with aforementioned scoundrel 4.

Join a traveling troupe of Shakespearean actors 5. Don't fall under the enchantment of a magical midsummer moon...

To escape the scheming, pawing clutches of her late husband's nephew, Arabella Darlington turns to Raymond Olivier, the only man she ever loved, for help.

But the sweet Raymond she knew as a girl is now the dissolute Earl of Pembroke-the most notorious rake in London.

When the situation turns deadly, Arabella and Raymond are forced to hide in the country.

As she finds herself succumbing to Raymond's puckish charm, Arabella starts formulating a new plan: how to persuade a rake to propose.