I Choose You, My Lord — Monica La Porta

Theirs was a love doomed from the start. Lady Esmeralda has been promised at birth to the Marquis of Camden but her heart belongs to another.Finally closing in on the French spy who killed his friend, Lord Selkirk's focus should be on revenge. Instead, his mind is filled with thoughts of beautiful and vivacious Lady Esmeralda, whom he craves with his very being but can never have. Fate throws them together when they meet at a house party, and the close proximity forces their feelings into the open. A stolen kiss leads to so much more as temptation and passion take control. But everything they dream about is forbidden. Will love conquer the strict Regency world where breaking rules can only bring scandal and ruination to the two star-crossed lovers?