title: The Earl's Hired Bride
author:  Deb Marlowe 
description: This novella is the perfect read for a night alone with a glass of wine.
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  _**Three Candidates. One Perfect Bride.**_
  
  Whitfield Calder, Earl of Danning, would much rather spend a fortnight tending
  to his estate than entertaining three eligible young ladies. But when his
  valet insists that marriage is an earl’s duty, Whit agrees to the house party.
  He has no intention of actually proposing to anyone…until flame-haired Ruby
  Hollingsford declares she’d never accept him anyway.
  
  Ruby has been tricked into attending this charade, but she certainly won’t
  compete for the earl’s attentions. Yet, Whit isn’t the selfish aristocrat she
  envisioned. And with a little trust, two weeks may prove ample time for an
  unlikely couple to fall headlong into love.
  
  The Master Matchmakers: Wedding bells will ring when downstairs servants play
  Cupid for upstairs aristocracy
  
   _ **Ruby walked up to Lord Danning and nodded in greeting. “It appears I was
  mistaken, my lord. We meet again.”**_
  
  He pulled himself out of his reverie and bowed. “Miss Hollingsfor