For three years, wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned seditious pamphlets. And for almost as long, she's corresponded with the Earl of Strathrannoch, whose political ambition is matched by his charm. When Arthur's latest letter reveals his dire financial straits, Lydia sets out for Scotland to offer him the only salvation she can think of-a marriage of convenience. Unfortunately, the Earl of Strathrannoch has no idea who she is. When a bewitching redhead offers him her hand in marriage, Arthur Baird is stunned, when he learns that his brother has been writing to her under Arthur's name, he's furious. He's content to live alone in his moldering castle, and he has no desire for a radical wife. But Arthur is desperate to track down his brother, who's become entangled in British espionage, and he needs Lydia's help. What he doesn't need? The attraction that burns hotter each moment they. As Lydia slips past his defenses and his brother's past becomes a very present threat, Arthur will have to risk everything to keep her safe-even his heart.