A woman enters a marriage of convenience with a Duke to protect her family and falls in love in this Regency-era romance.

"You are a lady of breeding . . . And would make an excellent duchess . . ."

Not the most romantic of proposals, but Marcus Cranford knows it will be accepted for Lady Rose Trafford desperately needs a convenient husband to protect her and her beloved younger sisters. It also saves the new duke from the horror of a London season! Rose is courageous, hardworking, often exasperating . . . So what Marcus doesn't expect is this new spark of lust—and the hope that she's feeling it too . . .