"English crafts a lively battle-of-wills romance."RT Book Reviews on How to Tame a Willful Wife
How to Avoid an Unwanted Marriage:
Track down his first love
Slap his face when he propositions you to become his mistress
Flee the countryside with aforementioned scoundrel
Join a traveling troupe of Shakespearean actors
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 Pembrokethe 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.