… with the audacity to mistake him for the valet.
In this steamy Regency romance, a midnight intruder and a sharp-tongued skeptic find themselves bound by a bargain neither expected… and a desire neither can deny. But can two people built on secrets trust each other enough to find what they're truly searching for?
He has more to hide than she knows …
Nicholas Scott, younger brother of a baron, has spent weeks confined to Grimsfell Hall, a crumbling Cornish manor lashed by Atlantic wind, nursing an injured leg and a sharper pride. When he wakes in the dead of night to find a fair-haired woman in spectacles calmly rifling through his bedchamber, he is not frightened. He is, for the first time in a very long while, intrigued. The quest she proposes is not without its dangers. The coin she offers is not something he needs. But the peculiar young woman herself? That, he suspects, is another matter entirely.
She can keep this strictly professional…
Millie Metcalfe has a mission and no time for distractions… least of all one with broad shoulders and an irritating habit of being right. That Mr. Scott requires her assistance with his physical treatments is a complication she will manage with perfect composure. It most certainly does not make her imagine her hands moving over his bare, warm skin. Not once. The arrangement is merely a little intimate. Merely inconvenient. Merely the most unsettling thing that has ever happened to her.
As the quest draws them deeper into danger and closer together, Nicholas must choose between the lie he's built and the truth she deserves, and Millie must decide whether letting someone in is worth the risk of being hurt.
The Rented Heart is the delightful third book in the Inconvenient Ventures Regency adventure romance series, set within Nina Jarrett’s bestselling Inconvenient Brides world. Each sub-series can be enjoyed on its own, with a new romance in every volume. If you enjoy clever clues, secret societies, daring heroines, and heart-stopping kisses, then you’ll adore Nina Jarrett’s charming novel. Can be read as a standalone book or as part of the series.
What to expect:
- Slow-burn romantic tension
- Sensual, open-door intimacy
Tropes:
- Midnight intruder
- Scarred / injured hero
- Treasure hunt & cipher mystery
- Enemies-to-allies dynamic
- Nurse / healer intimacy
- Found family
