The Marchioness’ Alluring Touch by Lorena Owen

All she ever wanted was his love, but love was far too much to ask of him…

Scarlett Peyton has spent most of her life humiliated for her appearance. With one failed Season already behind her, the looming threat of spinsterhood grows even larger ahead of her.
For who would spare even a glance at such a tall and charmless woman?
Trent Mountbatten has sworn never to marry. After his parent’s scandalous divorce, he is convinced that love is for the foolish. Yet, when his father becomes fatally ill, he asks only for one thing; to see his son get married and continue his line.
And Trent could never imagine that he had already arranged a marriage for him with the woman he made fun of in the past.
As Scarlett’s parents announce she is to be betrothed to the man who made her childhood a living hell, utter shock is all she could manage to feel.
But as their marital life begins, their attraction is stronger than expected. However, Trent does his best to ignore it, for he can’t allow himself to repeat his parents’ mistakes.
Scarlett has no choice but to remain married to a man who seems incapable of love. How can she learn to love herself when her husband can’t stand the sight of her?
He was her sweet nightmare, she was the dream he never thought could come true…