A Suitable Match — Jayne Davis

England, 1782

Lady Isabella has been kept on a tight rein by Lord Marstone, her overbearing father. She's excited when he packs her off to London to make an advantageous match, confident her brother will preserve her from an unsuitable alliance. But when her brother is called away on vital business, he asks Nick Carterton to stand in for him.

Nick, a scholar who relishes the quiet life, has avoided marriage for years but is finally giving in to his father's request that he seek out a bride. Looking out for a young miss new to society is the last thing he'd choose to do.

Will Nick's attempts to help merely reinforce Isabella's resentment at having her life arranged for her? Can Nick keep the headstrong Isabella out of trouble, put off unsuitable suitors, and still find himself a wife?

Book 2 in The Marstone Series, A Suitable Match can be read as a standalone story, or to follow Sauce for the Gander