Sister to a duke, the impoverished bride Lady Portia Derring reluctantly travels to Yorkshire to meet the wealthy earl her family insists she wed. Meeting him is as far as she will go. Refusing to be a sacrificial lamb to satisfy her brother's debts, this determined lady will do everything in her power not to gain a proposal.



This is an unconventional Regency-set romance from promising new author Sophie Jordan. We have a star in the making! The reluctant bride Lady Portia Derring has an impeccable pedigree and not a penny to her name. Sister to a duke, this impoverished bluestocking reluctantly travels to Yorkshire to meet the wealthy earl her family insists she wed. Meeting him, however, is as far as she will go. Refusing to be a sacrificial lamb on the altar of matrimony to satisfy her brother's debts, this determined lady will do everything in her power not to gain a proposal. After all, she has plans of her own and they don't involve matrimony. The unwilling groom Known as Mad Moreton to everyone in Yorkshire, Heath lives a life as untamed and wild as the moors. After all, he has a family reputation to live down. The bad blood that runs in his veins is more than enough reason to swear off matrimony. Not even the outspoken, infuriating Lady Portia will succeed in trapping him. Bright eyes and tempting smile aside, he will resist the chit even if it kills him.