An Infamous Proposal (a Regency Romance‪)‬

Emma Capehart, married at seventeen and widowed at twenty, knows she must remarry to avoid having her troublesome aunt descend upon her. Naïve in the ways of the world, Emma proposes marriage to her neighbor, the dashing Lord Hansard, who has always seemed to admire her. Nick is offended--but offers to help the lady find a suitable match… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest