A false engagement. A incomprehensible coast. Two reluctant hearts.

Much to her father’s dismay, Miss Amelia Buxton aspires to become spinster, exactly like her eccentric aunt. Growing up with parents who married for every reason but love, she has never seen a joyful marriage. When Amelia requests a summer visit to the renowned waters of Brighton, her dad enables her the excursion, but with one requirement: she must come back engaged, or consent to the proposal of the person of his choosing.

Crawling about A Convenient Engagement with tourists, Brighton is not the town Adam Claridge once loved. When his sister Eleanor disappears without warning, Adam is eager to bring her home. In his search, he happens upon Miss Amelia Buxton, a tourist that proves essential in his search for Eleanor. But Amelia can be performing a search of her own-a search for a husband-and Adam offers small choice but to offer a good trade: he’ll play the role of Amelia’s betrothed in trade for her assistance to find Eleanor.

Convenient initially, Amelia and Adam’s agreement quickly plummets into disarray. Falling in like was not a part of their bargain.