A SCANDALOUS PROPOSAL... Rachel Meredith is beautiful, witty, an heiress--and single! She's turned down every offer of marriage and jilted the most eligible bachelor, handsome Major Connor Flinte. When her father loses her family home in a game of cards, Rachel is furious! Especially as the new owner is Connor Flinte, now the Earl of Devane. She will do anything to get her home back. But Connor wants revenge--he'll return the deeds of the estate on one condition. Rachel must give him the wedding night he never had....