Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasRead about another entry on the list.
Desperate to escape the clutches of her abusive relatives, shy, flame-haired heiress Evangeline “Evie” Jenner shows up uninvited and unchaperoned on the door step of Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent, and proposes a marriage of convenience. The rakish libertine agrees because frankly, he needs the money. No list of best historicals is complete without Ms. Kleypas.
--Marshal Zeringue