Lady Iris’s Lover by Kelsey Painter

Lady Iris Pembleton never thought she’d be as scared as she was the night she survived the Titanic. Until she was caught between feuding gangs in Liverpool eight years later. And it all started because she swore never to marry again.

Rowland Sinclair was accustomed to getting what he wanted. Whether with money or intimidation, he was usually successful, and became the most renowned gangster in Liverpool. So when a threatening new group arrived in his city, he couldn’t afford any distractions.
He never expected to meet the woman he’d been admiring in the papers for years. But when he went to collect a gambling debt from the Earl of Manfax, he finds the Earl’s sister, Lady Iris, is too much to resist.
The only problem is that Lady Iris has had only one thing on her mind since leaving her abusive ex-husband—to keep her newfound independence. And, not only that, but to help other women do the same.
Desperate to win her over, Rowland came up with an offer her brother couldn’t refuse. Cut the debt in half for one hour with Lady Iris.

Afraid of the gang war, losing her independence, and falling so unexpectedly in love, Lady Iris resisted Rowland as long as she could. Perhaps she didn’t have to have another husband. But a lover? Now, that would do just fine…as long as he wouldn’t try and change her mind.