His Lordship’s Very Bad Decision

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The earl inherited a title, a decaying estate, and a family obligation. Then he hired an American with paint on his trousers and very irresponsible ideas about both architecture and pleasure.

When Adrian Vale, the Earl of Ashcombe, inherits a crumbling Cotswolds estate, he has one goal: save the house without becoming another tragic aristocrat rattling around a museum alone. His solution is practical. Quiet. Respectable.

Then he hires Nico Rossi.

The American restoration designer has opinions about everything — velvet, old stonework, the criminal waste of a twelve-bedroom manor on “tasteful corporate retreats,” and the fact that His Lordship has the most beautiful hands Nico has ever seen on a man who clearly hasn’t been touched in years.

Nico’s plan is to turn Ashcombe Hall into an adults-only, queer-inclusive escape — weddings, art weekends, workshops, and a ballroom painted the exact shade of green that makes the earl’s left eye twitch.

Adrian thinks it’s outrageous. He also thinks about Nico’s mouth more than any employer should.

As renovation deadlines, village gossip, and a ruthless family trustee threaten everything, Adrian has to decide whether he wants to preserve the life he inherited — or finally start living one worth having.

You’ll love this book if you enjoy:

✅ Touch-starved British earl x sunshine American designer
✅ Age gap (45/32) with grumpy/sunshine energy
✅ Forced proximity in a crumbling English manor
✅ Historic-home renovation as foreplay
✅ Slow burn that DETONATES (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ — graphic, explicit, emotional)
✅ A man who laminated a bathroom schedule and a man who defaced it with hearts
✅ HEA guaranteed