The Fashionable Miss Fonteyne — Cynthia Richey

A lady's unsuitable situation...

Fine linen, Oriental silks, sumptuous satines, Miss Adele Fonteyne had no rivals when it came to dressing a la mode. And she hadn't a care more serious than a loose button, until the morning her abigail eloped. The poor girl was sure to be ruined! And worse, Adele's scheduled fitting at London's best couturier was in jeopardy. So she turned to her closest friend, the secret tendre of her heart, Lord Dysart Windhaven. But Dysart, the ton's unchallenged king of cravats, had news that unraveled Adele completely. The well-turned-out nobleman had become guardian to a country lass and expected Adele to use her exquisite taste to transform the chit into the belle of the Season. Was Dysart planning to take this bumpkin to wife? Tears stung Adele's soft hazel eyes; a sob caught in her ivory white throat. Could she save her maid...and sew up Lord Dysart's proposal for herself?

Hero: Lord Dysart Windhaven
Heroine: Miss Adele Fonteyne