Marriage by Decree

THE AUDACIOUS MISS OSBORNE

Miss Alice Osborne was newly arrived from America and could not be expected to know the rules of Regency courtship and love. But her ignorance seemed certain to breed folly rather than bliss when she was drawn to not one but two most unsuitable suitors. One was handsome, gallant Sir Robert St. Aubyn, who would have been a perfect match were he not already pledged to the ravishing Janet Belvoir. The other was the dazzling Lord Ralph Winston, the most infamously irresistible rake in the realm. A prudent young lady would have steered clear of both. But though the beautiful Miss Osborne had many virtues, prudence was definitely not her strength when it came to romance....