How To Marry An Heiress — Julia Parks

Clarissa vows to help Monty win her cousin, even though she loves him with all her heart.



Desperate to restore Darwood Hall, the derelict estate he will someday inherit, Montgomery Darby is willing to sacrifice himself on the marriage altar and wed an heiress -- any heiress will do. Then he meets beautiful Adele and believes his desires and his needs have somehow come together. How can he convince this spoiled heiress have him, a penniless peer? His only hope comes in the form of her cousin, Clarissa, who agrees to teach Monty how to marry an heiress. But Clarissa is so kind, so thoughtful. Can it be that he is courting the wrong cousin?



Clarissa Starnes has always been content with her lot in life, that of the poor relation to her rich and beautiful cousin Adele. But that was before he walked into her life. Just the sight of Montgomery Darby ignites a hidden passion in her breast. Unable to deny Monty anything, she vows to help him win her cousin, even though she loves him with all her heart!