Dare delivers the delightful second book in her Spindle Cove series featuring two characters who could not be more different. But, as they say, adversity makes strange bedfellows. Original. n nNew York Times and USA Today Bestsellern nWhen a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin . . . time is not on their side.n nMinerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove's confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland.n nColin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be . . . anywhere but Spindle Cove.n nThese unlikely partners have one week: n to fake an elopement nto convince family and friends they're in love nto outrun armed robbers nto survive their worst nightmares nto travel four hundred miles without killing each other n nAll while sharing a very small carriage by day and an even smaller bed by night.n nWhat they don't have time for is their growing attraction.

Much less wild passion. And heaven forbid they spend precious hours baring their hearts and souls.n nSuddenly one week seems like exactly enough time to find a world of trouble. And maybe . . . just maybe . . . everlasting love.n n n