The Ladyship — Elisabeth Kidd

Matrimony was simply not Elinor Bennett's affair. As landlady of a bustling coaching inn, lovely Nell did her best to conceal her feminine charms, while overseeing the family business in her brother's absence. Soon Elinor was so successful at innkeeping that the ton proclaimed The LadyShip one of the best-run hostels in England. -- No one agreed more than dashing Marcus Allingham. With cool blue eyes and substantial wit, Marcus was Nell's favorite customer, and her secret love; but that sentiment was not mutual.

Now, he was betrothed, and the innkeeper, resigned to spinsterhood, busied herself with her brother's return. Practical Nell never dreamed that her brother would send The LadyShip into a dither, setting her on a merry chase that would lead straight to Marcus' heart!