Emma V. Leech

She escaped one villain. She fell into the arms of another — the honourable kind.
A Sweeping, Chaotic, heart‑pounding Victorian romance from Best Selling Novellist Emma V Leech about a brooding Scotsman, a would‑be heroine, and the disastrous adventure that becomes the love story of a lifetime.
Muir Anderson thought fleeing London would solve his problems. After all, when half the ton whispers that you murdered Lord Richmond, returning to Scotland to face your furious father seems like the lesser evil.

He’s wrong.
Because trouble — and a lady — are about to collide with him in spectacular fashion.

Lady Cordelia Steyning has always dreamed of adventure. She devours romantic novels, imagines daring escapades, and secretly longs to be the heroine of her own story.
Being kidnapped was not what she had in mind.

Her captor is dreadful. The experience is terrifying. And Delia quickly realises that real‑life peril is far less glamorous than fiction. Desperate to escape a forced marriage, she takes matters into her own hands… and promptly stumbles into something far worse.

Enter Muir Anderson — reluctant hero, scandal magnet, and the last man who needs another dead body on his conscience.
When Muir rescues Delia from a truly horrific situation, he finds himself saddled with a terrified young woman whose reputation is now in tatters. Worse still, the circumstances of her rescue make him look guiltier than ever.
Another scandal. Another corpse. Another disaster.
And now an innocent lady who is utterly, irrevocably ruined.

There is only one honourable solution.
He must marry her.

Delia, who has always dreamed of adventure, suddenly finds herself living one — complete with a brooding Scotsman, a forced marriage, and a future she never imagined. Muir, who wanted nothing more than to escape trouble, discovers he has walked straight into the fire.

But sometimes the greatest disasters lead to the most unexpected love stories.
And sometimes a man has no choice but to kidnap his own heart.