An Inconvenient Earl: A Royal Match Victorian Historical Romance of Scandal and Wit

Emma Clark, the Countess of Dearborn, has been living as an abandoned wife for over a year since her husband left on an expedition. As people begin to assume the earl is dead, Emma maintains the fiction that he is alive and well, allowing her to remain head of household and enjoy her newfound freedom at thirty years old. If his death becomes known, his family will inherit and leave her destitute. Luka Olivien, the Weslorian Earl of Marlaine, arrives from Egypt with a duty to return the deceased earl's pocket watch to the countess—only to find she may not know her husband is dead. Or perhaps she does. As Luka observes the vulnerability beneath Emma's carefree exterior, he becomes drawn into her deception. This is the fourth book in the Royal Match series.