A Vow of Ink and Ice

A debt he can't ignore. A secret she can't hide. A marriage of convenience that's about to set London on fire. Elara Vance is the ton's most invisible wallflower-and she prefers it that way. In the shadows of her family's ruin, she wields a pen as the "Vesper, " a notorious political satirist whose pamphlets make the most powerful men in England tremble. But when her brother gambles away what little they have left, Elara is forced into a deal with the coldest man in Mayfair.
Julian Thorne, the Earl of Blackwood, is a man of logic, ledgers, and ice. He needs a wife to secure his political future and a way to settle an old family score. When he discovers the Vance debt, he sees a perfect transaction: he'll clear the family name in exchange for Elara's hand. He expects a quiet, compliant bride to decorate his arm at the Duchess of Richmond's balls. He doesn't expect a woman who can out-wit him before breakfast and out-think him by tea.