She’s cheerful and spontaneous. He’s primed to see harbingers of disaster. When darkness comes knocking, can they open the door to happily ever after?

Miss Lydia Hamilton is desperate to wed. In love with the strange but sweet Earl of Quinton whose money could save her family, the fetching slender blonde frets she’ll lose him when her brother’s red hair frightens him off. So taking matters into her own hands, the determined lady employs her siblings to kidnap the titled gentleman and marries him by force.

Lord Guy Milton is certain he’s doomed. Though happy to have the charming lady who abducted him as his wife, the superstitious nobleman is petrified when he’s carried off to a derelict country house filled with devilish signs. Dismayed by the secret passages, strange locks, and ominous bloodstains they discover, he yearns to flee back to London.

Frustrated that her husband refuses to consummate the marriage until he courts her properly, Lydia nevertheless does all she can to make him feel safe and comfortable. But while Quinton falls hard for the soothing damsel, the unsettling happenings around the property become impossible for anyone to overlook.

Will they brave the danger and fight for a forever together?

Midnight Wedding is the gothic-inspired second book in the Marriage by Obligation Regency romance series. If you like virgin spouses, lighthearted humor, and eerie settings, then you’ll adore Ruth Ann Nordin’s steamy and tender tale.