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Challenging the Brooding Earl by Lucy Ashford

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Also by Lucy Ashford:

Fake Courtship with the Earl, July 2026
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Compromised into Marrying the Duke, May 2025
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Lord Lambourne's Forbidden Debutante, January 2024
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Challenging the Brooding Earl, December 2022
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The Viscount's New Housekeeper, January 2022
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The Outrageous Belle Marchmain, March 2013
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Snowbound Wedding Wishes: An Earl Beneath The Mistletoe, Twelfth Night Proposal, Christmas At Oakhurst Manor, November 2012
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CHALLENGING THE BROODING EARL
By: Lucy Ashford

Harlequin Historical
December 2022
On Sale: November 29, 2022
256 pages
ISBN: 1335723552
EAN: 9781335723550
Kindle: B09XVCVJMG
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Romance Historical

A Regency enemies-to-lovers story 

Her biggest test?

Not falling for her enigmatic rival!

Upon learning her family are the rightful heirs to Hythe Hall, Merryn Hythe must claim her ancestral home back from the brooding Earl of Marchwood. The earl makes it clear he’s not used to losing challenges, but Merryn will show him he’s met his match! Yet as she starts to see the vulnerability beneath his proud exterior, their unexpected attraction could lead to more than just a battle of wills…