title: A Bride for Lord Wickton
author: Raleigh, Debbie
description: Three dashing rakes go to war--and break countless female hearts. But on the way home to England, a gypsy predicts that love will trap them all. Their high-spirited response? A daring wager! By June the first, whomever Cupid catches must forfeit one thousand pounds and a red rose...
  
  Barth Juston, Earl of Wickton, believes the institution of marriage is simply a business matter. Since he's handsome, wickedly charming, and rich, he assumes a woman would be grateful to accept an arranged marriage with him. What a shock that beautiful Isa Lawford is not! Rebelling against Barth's callous disregard for love, his chosen bride-to-be insists she prefers someone else! Barth is amused...at first. Sure he can win her, he plans a campaign of tricks and ruses. But this overconfident lord is about to enter the most perilous battle of all: a fight for a woman's heart...