Mary Jo PutneyRomance · Fiction·b. 1946
Thunder & Roses
Synopsis
They called him the Demon Earl. Nicholas Davies, son of a rogue and a Gypsy, was a notorious rake until a shattering betrayal left him embittered and alone in the Welsh countryside. Clare Morgan, a quiet schoolteacher, appeals to him to save her impoverished mining village — and he sets an outrageous price: she must live with him for three months and let the world think the worst. Furiously, Clare accepts, and the two are swept into an intoxicating Regency world of danger and desire.