The Love Duel — Maggie Gladstone

Emma had despised Sir Ashley Percevale from the first moment she met him. With all the elegant snobbery of a gentleman of fabulous fortune, he seemed to delight in making her feel uncomfortable and less than the dazzling and eligible beauty she knew herself to be. As she sought to give the arrogant young man the comeuppance he so richly deserved, she engaged him in a running duel of sophisticated setdowns and cool insults. But the trouble was Emma was finding herself wildly attracted...

Hero: Sir Ashley Percevale
Heroine: Emma Lacebridge