Love's Delusion — Nan Pemberton

Beauteous Jocelyn Franklin, wealthy heiress, had found among her courting beaux and simpering exquisites few men she could respect and not one she could love.

Now Jocelyn was in London on behalf of her sister, Maria. Gentle, freshly widowed Maria was now rejoining society. And Jocelyn wished to insure that her sweet-natured sister would not be bullied by her cold, imperious guardian into marrying hastily, against her heart--a prospect of likelihood, since Maria's purse strings were controlled by the Viscount.

The whole thing made Jocelyn maddeningly angry--a state in which the Viscount found her surprisingly irresistible. Could the headstrong two negotiate Maria's match with Cupid's mischievous bow bent suddenly in their direction?