The Chain of Destiny — Betty Neels

Alone in the world, without a job

That was Suzannah Lightfoot's unenviable position when Guy Bowers-Bentinck rescued her. She had to accept his help--though she didn't want to be beholden to such an infuriatingly arrogant man.

"He's so tiresome and ill-tempered and impatient and he must hate the sight of me," Suzannah reflected as fate kept throwing them together.

So it was just as well, she told herself, that she wasn't prepared to join the queue of females wanting to marry him... .