Cold-Hearted Rake

A commitment phobic aristocrat unexpectedly inherits a big pile of responsibility. A headstrong and damaged widow tries to maintain control of a household she no longer has any right to. They have a power struggle over the estate and later have a sexy times power struggle.

The efforts to modernize the estate and turn a profit, during the time period when large estates are in decline, are pretty interesting. Unfortunately rather than resolve the problems through cleverness and good business sense, there's a deus ex machina to magic all the problems away.

There's pretty good chemistry between the leads but half the sex scenes are the ever popular and unfortunate “rape but she liked it so it's okay” variety. A secondary couple is introduced halfway through with absolutely no chemistry.