His Unlikely Countess (Harlequin Historical). This item is unavailable.His Unlikely Countess (Harlequin Historical)

A lively Regency romance between a beautiful thief and a long-lost earl...whose hidden identities threaten to unleash a scandal!

They sought retribution...

And found temptation!

Left penniless by her father's untimely death, Joanna Somerville sets out to steal back the emerald necklace he gambled away--but she's not the only masquerading highwayman intending to rob the coach that night...

William, the long-lost Earl of Evesham, has also returned to reclaim a family heirloom and his birthright from his scheming stepbrother. United against their common enemy, William matches wits with the bold and captivating Joanna. But he never expects their connection to go beyond revenge...and lead to a scandalous affair with a most unlikely countess!

From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Helen Dickson lives in South Yorkshire with her retired farm manager husband. On leaving school she entered the nursing profession, which she left to bring up a young family. Having moved out of the chaotic farmhouse, she has more time to indulge in her favourite pastimes. She enjoys being outdoors, travelling, reading and music. An incurable romantic, she writes for pleasure. It was a love of history that drove her to writing historical romantic fiction.