A Will of Her Own — Winnie Griggs

Will Trevaron had made a life of his own, the way he wanted it. He didn't want to return to his stuffy, judgmental family -- to a past he'd rather forget. But when he inherited the title Marquess, his grandfather demanded he leave his beloved America and sail back to England. Chafing at the hold of his imperious grandfather and his decree that his grandson put himself on the marriage mart, Will balked. Then he hit on the perfect solution: a marriage of convenience to Maggie Carter. A union with a "nobody from the colonies" would shock and horrify his family and rescue from poverty the woman who had once saved his life.

Will didn't count on getting three spirited children and an mischievous cat in the bargain, though. He didn't expect to fall for his wife. But as Maggie set his household straight about what exactly an independent lady from a savage country would and would not accept, the new marquess saw that -- her loving husband aside -- his marchioness had... A WILL OF HER OWN