The plainest Strickland sisterIn the earl’s arms!Part of Those Scandalous Stricklands. To escape marriage to the newly inherited Earl of Comstock, bookish Charity must find her family’s missing diamonds. She meets her match in an intellectual stranger auditing the estate…not knowing he is Lord Comstock himself! With him, Charity feels different–even desirable! But will seizing one night of passion bind her to the very man she’s determined to avoid?