The Rented Earl is a novel written by Edward Salisbury Field and published in 1912. The story follows the life of a young woman named Lady Mary who is forced to marry a man she does not love in order to save her family's estate. However, she soon discovers that her new husband, the Earl of Westerly, has been hired by her father to play the role of a wealthy aristocrat in order to impress their social circle. Lady Mary is torn between her duty to her...