Sibling rivalry reaches new heights when two sisters set their caps at the same marquess in a suspenseful romance by the New York Times-bestselling author.
Harriet Clifton resents her widowed sister's wealth, but spending the season at Cordelia's luxurious London townhouse is her only hope for finding a good man to rescue her from her own hardworking yet penniless existence in the countryside.
Then the rakish Marquess of Arden resists conceited Cordelia's flirtations in favor of her less fortunate sibling, and romantic intrigue leads to a battle royale-and some unexpected danger-in this historical romance originally published under the name Marion Chesney, praised as "the best of the Regency writers" ( Kirkus Reviews).

M. C. Beaton is the pen name of bestselling novelist Marion Chesney. She is a prolific writer of historical romances and small village mysteries. Born in Scotland, the author began her writing career as a fiction buyer for a Glasgow bookstore and has worked as a theater critic, newspaper reporter, and editor. The author has written under various names, most notably as M. C. Beaton for her Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin series. She also has written under the names Sarah Chester, Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Marion Gibbons, Jennie Tremaine, and Charlotte Ward. The author lived in the United States, but now splits her time between the Cotswolds, England and Paris, France.