Anne, Love Unearthed

A Fake Courtship, Rake Hero & Friends-to-Lovers Regency Romance (The Defiant Ladies of London Book 2)

I agreed to a fake courtship with London’s most notorious lord. I didn’t expect him to unravel me.

I have one ambition: earn my place on an archaeological expedition and prove I am more than a curiosity society tolerates.
Love is a distraction I cannot afford.

Then I strike a bargain with Lord Cedric Steele.

A fake courtship, carefully controlled and strictly temporary, is meant to protect my reputation—and secure my future.
Cedric is charming, infuriating, and far too skilled at pretending devotion.

Only the longer we play our parts, the harder it becomes to remember where the performance ends.

His touch feels real.
His concern feels personal.
And the man I thought I knew as a friend becomes dangerously irresistible.

As threats close in and secrets surface, I realize the greatest risk was never the scandal.
It is trusting my heart to a man who thrives on deception.

Because when the truth is uncovered, I won’t just lose my dream.
I’ll lose the one man who made me believe I could have it all.

Loved the Book

This is the third of the 7 Book series of the Defiant Ladies of London. I enjoyed the other books and am sure that I will enjoy the rest of the books in the series.