<p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)"><em>It's a winner-takes-all bet. The stakes have never been higher. </em></strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)"><em>Let the battle of wills-and hearts- begin...</em></strong><em style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)">&nbsp;</em></p><p><span style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)">Brooke Culpepper has no time for frivolous pursuits like love and romance. She's too busy trying to keep a struggling dairy farm afloat and prevent her family from starving. So, when a man claiming to be the farm's new owner arrives, she's willing to do anything to get rid of him. Even if it means proposing a wager with the only thing of value she has. Her virtue...&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)">Heath, Earl of Ravensdale, wants no part of the farm he won at the gaming tables. He plans to sell the detestable place and evict the five women who call it home right away. It was&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)">not</em><span style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)">&nbsp;his intention to accept the lovely Brooke's challenge. But he's dismayed to realize that for some reason, denying her just isn't within his power...&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(36, 36, 36, 1)">Is happily ever after a possibility for a pair of opposites who met under the worst possible circumstances? This desperate spinster and angry earl are about to find out...</span><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Buy the first book of The Culpepper Misses historical series for a romping, emotional, and romantic adventure you won't want to put down.</strong></p><p><strong>Though this book is part of a series, it can easily be read as a stand-alone.</strong></p><p><strong>THE CULPEPPER MISSES SERIES</strong></p><ul><li>The Earl and the Spinster</li><li>The Marquis and the Vixen</li><li>The Lord and the Wallflower</li><li>The Buccaneer and the Bluestocking</li><li>The Lieutenant and the Lady</li></ul><p><strong>CHECK OUT <em>USA TODAY</em> BESTSELLING AUTHOR, COLLETTE CAMERON'S COMPLETE LIBRARY OF REGENCY AND SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER ROMANCE SERIES:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>· Chronicles of the Westbrook Brides</p><p> · Daughters of Desire: Scandalous Ladies</p><p> · For the Love of an Earl (Wicked Earls' Club)</p><p> · Heart of a Scot</p><p> · Highland Heather Romancing a Scot: Castle Brides</p><p> · Ladies of Opportunity</p><p> · Seductive Scoundrels</p><p> </p><p> </p>