A love match would not do. She would make an advantageous match — a brilliant match!Lady Dorothea Rowlandson was practically on the shelf at the age of nineteen. Had she had not suffered her father the earl’s untimely death, months before last year’s season, she would surely by now be a married lady—the established wife of an illustrious peer. With such a regrettable delay, time was ever more of the essence if she wished to secure her own future and that of her sisters... moreA love match would not do. She would make an advantageous match — a brilliant match!Lady Dorothea Rowlandson was practically on the shelf at the age of nineteen. Had she had not suffered her father the earl’s untimely death, months before last year’s season, she would surely by now be a married lady—the established wife of an illustrious peer. With such a regrettable delay, time was ever more of the essence if she wished to secure her own future and that of her sisters.Miles Shaw holds an encumbered estate, and if he were a man of reason, he would spend his time in London on the hunt for a well-endowed wife. He was not a reasonable man, however, and could only view with distaste a union based on mercenary considerations. He would find his own way to solvency, allowing his heart to be free to pursue its fancy.When chance forced Miles and Dorothea to partner one another for the first dance of the first crush of the season, Fortuna could only have been in a funning mood. For what could a peer of the realm’s daughter and a gentleman of no consequence, with his pockets to let, possibly have in common? less
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