To Marry a British Lord — Judith O'Brien

Now, with her signature mix of love and laughter, Judith O'Brien crosses new boundaries by sending a lively belle from the war-torn South into the dazzling world of Victorian England's aristocracy--where she intends to wed, if not wisely, at least very, very well....

Once the toast of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Lloyd left a string of misfortune behind and traveled to England to become a mere governess for an upper-class British family. Her high-spirited American ways are not always appreciated, nor is her refusal to act like an empty-headed ninny when around gentlemen. But when her beauty catches the eye of none other than the Prince of Wales, Constance is suddenly a social sensation--and finds herself proposed to by the son of the Duke of Hastings! But as she waltzes in the halls of royalty, Constance is less than madly happy--for she is filled with doubts about her fiance and his secrets.

Then she meets her intended's best friend, Joseph Smith, an all-too-handsome, self-made man. Now, about to embrace the privileged life she's always desired, Constance begins to dream of a forbidden and unexpected love--with the one true prince in Britain's glittering palaces.