A charming, delightful new regency romance series from writer on the rise, Anna Bennett! She required a husband of comfort. She got her one real love instead.Miss Fiona Hartley’s large dowry should have ensured that acquiring a husband will be quick. True, she’s a tad over the age of the common debutante, and spends a lot of time sketching brutally honest character portraits. She frantically needs a spouse so she can gain access to her dowry, lest the man blackmailing her reveals a secret that would damage about First Earl I Find Tonight her family members. So desperate in fact, that she’s ready to perform the unthinkable-propose marriage towards the most surly, irritable gentleman in town.Being a matter of concept, David Grey, the Earl of Somerdale, avoids two types of ladies: those who find themselves obviously desperate, and those who are stark-raving mad. And it soundly shows up Miss Fiona Hartley is definitely both. However David can’t help but be drawn to her, and provides her a test-if she can spend seven days in his dilapidated estate-the same one that caused his prior fiancee to jilt him-then he’ll consider her proposal. But simply because the week goes on, Fiona’s relaxing wit finds a means into his center. What started out as a relationship of convenience has turned into like…but will Fiona have him for the rest of her days?