The Lady Adventuress, Series by Daphne du Bois

A marriage most inconvenient… When Sylvester Pontridge unexpectedly inherits the family estate and becomes the Duke of Strathavon, he decides to enter into a marriage of convenience with the plain, practical Miss Holly Millforte... moreA marriage most inconvenient… When Sylvester Pontridge unexpectedly inherits the family estate and becomes the Duke of Strathavon, he decides to enter into a marriage of convenience with the plain, practical Miss Holly Millforte. Who better to help him set the crumbling estate to rights? But Miss Millforte is much more than Sylvester, or even she herself, could ever imagine! When Holly turns the tables on him, charming London society and stealing his heart into the bargain, can their marriage take a most inconvenient turn towards love instead? An old-fashioned comedy of manners in which adventure, blackmail, rakish cousins and true love abound… less