An impoverished companion, an undercover marquis, and an outrageous rulebook that never accounted for love.
Facing winter with an empty purse and three younger siblings to feed, Elizabeth Hotchkiss hardly expected Lady Danbury’s library to yield a little red manual on snaring an eligible nobleman. Yet with household funds dwindling to pennies, desperate measures seem her only defense.
Under the guise of an estate manager, James arrived to investigate a threat against his formidable aunt. He certainly did not anticipate that tutoring an outspoken beauty in the art of flirtation would test his own resolve.
When James Sidwell, Marquis of Riverdale, offered to help Elizabeth Hotchkiss find herself a husband, he never dreamed that the only candidate he could propose would be himself..
Lessons in Love: From testing close-lipped smiles to an impromptu boxing drill that leaves James nursing a bruised eye, Elizabeth’s practice sessions with the etiquette handbook prove dangerously irresistible.Found Family: Between nine-year-old Jane’s sharp tongue and eight-year-old Lucas hoarding coins in his toy soldier box for Eton, Elizabeth’s fierce devotion to her orphaned siblings anchors every choice she makes.Small Town Setting: Country manor life in Surrey turns chaotic under the watchful eye of the formidable Lady Danbury, her delightfully hostile cat Malcolm, and village gossips who miss nothing.Also by This Author: Bridgerton, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton and The Viscount Who Loved Me.