Contrary Lovers — Clarice Peters

She had always expected to marry for love!

Davida and Lyall were shocked to discover their fathers had years ago engaged them in a secret marriage contract.

Davida had no desire to wed rich, high-handed Lord Lyall, while he claimed the idea of matrimony repelled him. But family debts compelled her to threaten to enforce the contract . . . unless Lyall found a husband for her widowed mother.

With her mother's and her sister Cassie's engagements, and with a proposal for herself from Hugh, Davida should have been happy and carefree. Yet the boring Hugh offered an uninviting future. Then she heard Lyall had eloped with Cassie, and Davida wondered why she felt more than mere sisterly concern.

Hero: Lord Jeremy Lyall
Heroine: Davida Cooper