The Mad Earl's Bride

A Romance Novella by Loretta Chase

Book 5 of the Scoundrels Series

Subgenres & Tropes:

Historical Romance,
Marriage of Convenience,
Caretaker Romance

Published 1995

Length 145 pages

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This book is for you if you're into...

Heroines who propose marriage to eccentric, possibly mad earls
Gothic moorland settings with rumors swirling about the hero
Romances where caretaking turns into unexpected passion

Publisher Description

Originally appeared in the print anthology Three Weddings and a Kiss (1995).

Gwendolyn Adams is about to propose to an earl. On his deathbed.

Gwendolyn Adams isn't shocked at being asked to save a handsome earl's dying line, even when she learns the prospective bridegroom is seriously ill and possibly insane. She's quite a good nurse, after all, and her family is famous for producing healthy male children.

Those stories about his riding the moors half-naked on a pale white horse? Extremely intriguing—especially after she gets her first look at the gorgeous lunatic.

The Earl of Rawnsley wants only to lose what's left of his mind in peace and privacy. But his busybody relatives have saddled him with a surprise bride and orders to sire an heir forthwith. (And they say he's mad?) But with Gwendolyn, his health is returning, and his resistance ... crumbling.

Is it possible that love is the finest madness of all?

with Loretta Chase

“ I want the (story's) history to be authentic, so that my readers feel they're time traveling to early 1800s England, although it's an idealized version of that world. ”