Welcome to Litsy!

He was her last chance. She was his first certainty. Cora Dane's dreams of happily ever after faded with each day of her disappointing marriage. Now newly widowed, the young mother is determined to finally live on her own terms until a devastating betrayal shatters her hopes for the future. Faced with the prospect of losing her beloved children to overbearing relatives, Cora needs the help of the one thing she swore she'd never have again: a husband. Nathaniel Travers hasn't a care-or responsibility-in the world. Content with his wayward lifestyle, the charismatic rogue has no interest in marriage or his duty as his brother's heir presumptive. That is, until the earl cuts off his bank accounts. No stranger to wild escapades, Nate is game for any scheme that keeps him afloat?even a madcap ruse with a stubborn viscountess. A fake engagement should be a straightforward solution to both of their dilemmas. But a summer of playacting at Cora's country estate tests the limits of their arrangement, and it isn't long before their simmering attraction escalates to a feverish crescendo. When they are forced to confront the real complications of their faux betrothal, Nate has to make the first worthy gamble of his life?if only Cora can risk her guarded heart.