Beast's Silent Partner

One ruthless deal. Two broken legacies. A love that finally adds up.Arthur Penhaligon, the scarred and brooding Earl of Ravenscar, is a man of stone and silence. Returning from the war to find his ancestral Abbey in ruins and his family name tarnished, he needs a miracle to stave off bankruptcy. He doesn't want a wife; he needs a cold-blooded financial transaction.Elara Vance is anything but a typical Regency debutante. A "e;wallflower"e; with a genius for ledgers and a sharp tongue, she's been secretly managing her father's crumbling estate for years. When her father's scandalous forgeries threaten to land her in the poorhouse, she proposes the ultimate merger: her sixty-thousand-pound dowry for his protection and a countess's coronet.