Captive (Captive Hearts)

Captive (Captive Hearts) by Johnston, Joan. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780440222002.

She was a gorgeous rebel. Defying all the rules, daring to speak her mind, Charlotte Edgerton declared her independence before she even entered the Earl of Denbighs home. Her new guardian immediately made her a prisoner in her own room—until she agreed to learn the lady-like arts. Furious, she complied. Anything to buy her freedom from Denbigh. Shes even marry a man she didnt love to get away from her domineering guardian. In fact, love was the furthest thing from her mind... He was the Earl who vowed to tame her. Lionel Morgan, Earl of Denbigh, had been betrayed at the altar by another woman and vowed that no female would ensnare him again. Then Charlotte Edgerton burst into his life. Denbigh wasnt prepared for this headstrong American—or the passions she inspired on first sight. He knew only that he had to civilize her, present her at court, and Almacks, and then marry her off to the highest bidder. It wasnt until he nearly lost her that he realized the truth: Shed somehow reversed their roles and become the captor of his heart.