The Dutiful Daughter — Vanessa Gray

THE PRETTY PREY
Chloe Rothwell had reached the ripe age of twenty-four without being wed. Her father's demise, and her forced exile from the Regency London marriage mart, had seen to that. But now an unexpected legacy had made Chloe a catch worth the time it took for fashionable gentlemen in need of cash to travel to Chloe's country home with their proposals.

How could Chloe resist the blandishments of the most skilled seducers in the realm? How could she deny the demands of the stepmother and the brother who had always told her what to do? How could this inexperienced young lady possibly sort out true love from feigned passion?

Chloe had many lessons to learn. But she had just as many she was able and eager to teach....

At the ripe old age of twenty-four, it seems that Chloe Rothwell has missed her chance in the Regency marriage market.

Called home in the middle of the London Season by the death of her father, meek and mild Chloe had resigned herself to a life spent serving her unappreciative family â€" her manipulative stepmother Lady Rothwell, overbearing brother Edward, and her sisters, the air- headed Lydia and the scheming Sophy.

Now the surprising news that she has inherited a fortune might give her the freedom and independence she craves.

But it also leaves her prey to England's most seductive fortune-hunters ...

Francis Hensley's excellent manners and connections almost make up for his lack of intelligence.

Julian Stoddard is attractive and charming, but infamous for his gambling and lecherous habits.

Thaddeus Invers seems sophisticated and worldly, but steals all his wit and wisdom from books.

Can her childhood friend Sir Richard Davenant rescue inexperienced Chloe from making a terrible mistake?

With all four men in a race to win her hand and with her own family making demands on her money, Chloe will have to make up her mind quickly between duty and happiness.