Wallflowers & Scoundrels-The Reluctant Heiress

Society wants her married off. She wants to be left alone. He wants to be the exception.Miss Cordelia Vane never wanted a fortune. She wanted her books, her quiet corner, and to be left entirely alone.Society had other plans.The moment her aunt's will was read, every drawing room in London had an opinion about Cordelia - and every ambitious family had a son. She expected flattery. She expected pursuit. She did not expect Lord Ashford Calloway to stand across from her, look her in the eye, and surprise her.Lord Ashford Calloway agreed to escort her to a single ball. Nothing more. No arrangement, no understanding, certainly no proposal.What follows is not a courtship. It's a battle of wills between a woman who refuses to be claimed without her consent, and a man who is inconveniently, infuriatingly certain he's already right.