Miss Dower's Paragon — Gayle Buck

The Impossible Proposal

Miss Evelyn Dower loved Mr. Peter Hawkins. That was the trouble. For she demanded his love in return, and it was clear that the only reason he asked her to be his wife was because his imperious grandmother forced him to.

Evelyn made it just as clear that she would never have Peter as a mate -- and that he was not the only man who wanted her. The splendid sportsman Lord Waithe and the eminent exquisite Sir Charles Reginald both vied for her heart and hand...and it would have been so very easy to say yes to either of them had it not been so devilishly difficult to forget the perfectly hateful, perfectly handsome gentleman who would not take no for an answer...