Books like Lover's Touch by Penny Jordan

Lady Eleanor de Tressail, the daughter of an impoverished but proud aristocratic family, is bound to marry the self‑made millionaire Joss Wycliffe by a last‑minute arrangement of her aging grandfather. The marriage is intended to keep her family estate intact. Joss, who despises the aristocracy, is harsh and dismissive towards Eleanor, claiming he has no love for her—only her social standing. Unbeknownst to him, Eleanor harbors deep, desperate affection for the wealthy heir. The tension between theirs hearts and the couple’s strained interactions is compounded when Joss’s jealous secretary works to deepen their emotional divide. The novel follows Eleanor’s struggle to maintain her wounded pride while concealing her genuine feelings, and Joss’s journey towards recognizing the true bond that threatens to break apart what feels destined.

First publish date: 1989