
Wright’s inquiries about his son Geoffrey drew her attention immediately. Until that moment, Geni Bayles had ignored all the inane conversation in the drawing room and instead attempted to read the dusty music on the piano. “No, now you mention it, I haven’t seen Geoffrey since dinner.” They just might be perfect together-if it weren’t for the complete lack of trust.

She’s made the wrong move for the right reason. He’s fallen for the right girl for the wrong reason. But he would give anything to marry a fun, clever girl like the maid he’s just met. Richard knows he has a duty to marry a rich woman to restore the estates on which so many people depend. She decides to continue the deception just long enough to learn his true personality. When she encounters Sir Richard Latimer, however, she finds him witty, considerate and charming-but only because he thinks she’s a maid.

So she finally agrees to meet the suitor her mother has chosen, a painfully shy baronet from the country.

Geni Bayles has made some pretty poor choices when it comes to men. Just when she agrees to settle for an arranged marriage, Geni falls in love– with a man who thinks she’s somebody else…
