Jocelyn Franklin, wealthy heiress, came to London to protect her gentle sister Maria, recently widowed, from the imperious guardian who controlled her finances. Fearing that Viscount Ashburton would force Maria into a loveless marriage, Jocelyn was frequently at loggerheads with him-but there was an obvious attraction between them, nonetheless. Regency Romance by Nina Coombs Pykare writing as Nan Pemberton; originally published by Pocket Books