He must save his earldom -- or risk losing everything in a high-stakes game.

Short-tempered and teetering on the edge of ruin, Lexington Capel, the Earl of Essex, must marry -- not for love, but for a dowry. His only hope lies with London's infamous matchmaker, and gambling-den doyenne, Mrs. Bessie Dove-Lyon. But on his journey to engage her services, Lex is waylaid by the notorious highwaywoman known as the Lace Bandit -- a masked beauty whose daring and defiance he cannot forget.

She harbors a secret that, if revealed, could lead her to the gallows.

Lady Edwina Sinclair, last surviving heir to her family's baronetcy, leads a double life as a modern-day Robin Hood. When she robs the wrong man -- a dangerously intriguing earl -- her carefully spun world begins to unravel. Forced to London by her formidable grandmother to make a respectable match, Winnie must keep her identity hidden from both the ton and the ever-watchful Mrs. Dove-Lyon.

In a city of glittering salons and whispered scandal, fate draws two adversaries into a perilous dance. Reputation, revenge, and forbidden desire collide in The Lyon's Nemesis -- where even the most cunning hearts may be undone by love.

Tropes:

• Marriage of Convenience

• Enemies to Lovers

• Masked Highwaywoman

• Secret Identity

• Grumpy Earl

• Strong, Defiant Heroine

• Forced Proximity

• High-Society Scandal

• Happily Ever After

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• Literature & FictionHistorical FictionRegency
• RomanceHistorical RomanceVictorian
• RomanceHistorical RomanceRegency

• Publication Date: January 21, 2026
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• Print Length: 166 Pages
• File Size: 37 KB