Publisher's Synopsis
Fiercely independent Frances Cherrington has no interest in marriage. How is she to know who she wants to be if she's shackled to some man? Her annoying family, however, is itching to marry her off. Fortunately, Frances knows exactly how to stop once and for all - she devises her own ruination. And it goes brilliantly. Cole, the new Marquess of Riverbourne, has a secret - a big one. One that would be much easier to keep if the prickly, but beautiful Miss Cherrington stopped being so distracting. Their paths cross at the most inopportune times, and her intelligent eyes look far deeper than he'd like. Not to mention she's completely immune to his charm. Cole's sunny disposition grates on her nerves, and his wicked glances have an irritating way of disrupting Frances's carefully wrought spinster plans. Even as they struggle to resist the magnetic force between them, both know love isn't an option.
