In this spicy Regency romance by USA Today bestselling author Charlie Lane, a treasure hunt leads a scholar and a bookish widow to love.

A penniless widow with a practical plan. Widow Sarah Pennington has no time for love. Sending a son to Harrow is not cheap, and her husband’s lies left them in poverty. When she loses her position at a London bookshop, she must find a new one or lose everything she's worked so hard for, including her son's education. When a famous explorer storms into the shop, sun kissed and grumpy, he brings with him an answer to her problems. Or possibly an unwanted distraction.

A determined baron running from love.

It seems Baron Eaden can’t love a woman without her dying. To keep his daughters, and his heart, safe, he roams the world, keeping his distance. But when his hunt for a rare book brings him back to London, he knows he must do the one thing he’s avoided for years—find them a mother. He needs a woman who’s up to the challenge, not one to fall in love with.

Because he’s vowed never to make that mistake again.

The intelligent, lovely-eyed widow in the bookshop challenges Henry in every way. She’s exactly who his daughters need. But she’d rather have the book he’s after than his hand in marriage.

A marriage of convenience could save Sarah and her son, but when she finds passion in the baron’s arms, she realizes security isn’t enough. She wants Henry’s heart. If he can find the courage to trust her with it.

Book 1 in the Cavendish Family series is steamy and fun, a laugh-out-loud historical romance with heat and heart.