A crumbling English manor. A fiercely guarded aristocratic heart. And the vibrant American designer who tears down every wall between them. Adrian Vale, the Earl of Ashcombe, has spent the last two years running his life like a structural survey: cold, disciplined, and safely under control. Grieving his brother and drowning under the crushing debt of his ancestral estate, Adrian has buried his true desires beneath layers of duty, propriety, and neutral paint. Ashcombe Hall is dying, and Adrian is slowly suffocating with it. Enter Nico Rossi. Brilliant, kinetic, and unapologetically bold, the Brooklyn-based design consultant is determined to resurrect Ashcombe Hall into an inclusive, vibrant luxury retreat. Nico sees right through Adrian’s aristocratic composure to the passionate, hungry man hidden beneath the title. When a plumbing disaster forces them to share living quarters in the estate’s private wing, their carefully drawn professional boundaries disintegrate. What begins as an electric clash of wills quickly detonates into an all-consuming affair behind closed doors. But when conservative trustees and predatory developers threaten to weaponize their relationship and force a sale of the estate, Adrian faces an impossible choice: retreat into the safe, invisible shadows of the past, or stand in the light and fight for the man who brought him back to life. His Lordship's Very Bad Decision is a steamy, full-length, standalone MM contemporary romance featuring a grumpy English aristocrat, a sunshine Italian-American designer, forced proximity, high-heat encounters, and a hard-won happily ever after.