A Change of Heart — Lillian Lincoln

"NO, LUKE, I WILL NOT MARRY YOU. I AM SURPRISED THAT YOU ASK IT OF ME."

Luke Westcott winced at the stinging setdown he received in answer to his proposal. After all, it was common knowledge that marriage to him had long been Jessica Sheridan's fondest desire. But Jessica was not so easily had.

She knew that Luke wished to marry only to gain his inheritance, and that would not do. No, Luke must fall passionately in love with her. And to hasten the process, Jessica would throw every marriageable baggage in London his way, the better to exhibit her own considerable charms by comparison.

Her plan worked perfectly...until Lady Cynthia Warren, a paragon of beauty who had sworn she would wed no less than a duke, suddenly took a violent fancy to Viscount Westcott.

To make matters worse, Jessica's former suitor, the enigmatic Earl of Brant, had returned from a trip abroad. And unless Jessica and all the town were very much mistaken, the Earl thought to try for her hand again....