Hakushaku to to No Ue No Kifujin / Original Title: the UNEXPECTED MARRIAGE of GABRIEL STONE (Harlequin History Karu Special)

[Machine Translation] In exchange for my purity, will you give me back my brother's land? The moment she squeezed out the words to the notoriously playful Count Gabriel, the serious Lady Caroline's cheeks flared up. I can't bear the thought of my beloved brother's future being stolen from him because of my father's losing a bet. And I, too, want to dream just one night before I am forced into a miserable marriage... I understand your story. Caroline was dismissed with a slight and turned away, but her marriage to a cruel and ugly middle-aged man was getting closer by the minute. Just as she is about to give up everything, a poet in monk's robes, hired by her father for his own amusement, appears. Only Caroline immediately recognizes him - he is Gabriel.

「私の純潔と引きかえに、弟の土地を返していただけないかしら?」遊び人と名高い伯爵ガブリエルに向かって言葉を絞り出した瞬間、きまじめな令嬢キャロラインの頬は燃えるように熱くなった。賭事に負けた父のせいで、愛する弟の未来が奪われるなんて耐えられない。そして私も、悲惨な結婚をさせられる前に一夜だけでも夢を見たい...。「話はわかった。だが僕も、処女を金で買うほど落ちぶれてはいない」軽くあしらわれて追い返されたキャロラインだったが、残忍で醜い中年男との結婚は刻一刻と迫ってくる。すべてを諦めかけたある日、父が道楽で雇った僧衣の詩人が現れた。キャロラインだけはすぐに気づいた―彼がガブリエルであることに。