When a duke denied . . . The proud and arrogant Duke of Everingham is determined to secure a marriage of convenience with heiress, Lady Georgiana Rutherford. He's the biggest prize on the London marriage mart, pursued by young unmarried ladies and their match-making mamas, as well as married women with a wandering eye. He can have any woman he wants. Or so he thinks. . . . . . Hunts an independent lady . . . Lady George Rutherford⁠—irreverent and unconventional⁠—has no plans to marry. Having grown up poor, George has no intention of giving up her fortune to become dependent on the dubious and unreliable goodwill of a man. Especially one as unlikeable as the Duke of Everingham, whose attention stirs unwelcome and unsettling emotions . . . . . . Sparks are sure to flyThe more she defies him, the more the duke wants her, until an argument at a ball spirals into a passionate embrace. Caught in a compromising position, the duke announces their betrothal. George is furious and when gossip claims she deliberately entrapped the duke⁠—when she was the one who was trapped⁠—she marches down the aisle in a scarlet wedding dress. But the unlikely bride and groom may have found love in the most improbable of places⁠—a marriage of convenience.