By Lynda Fletcher

In the glittering drawing rooms of Regency society, where marriages are made and reputations rest upon a dance and a carefully turned phrase, two people of uncommon intelligence are determined to escape the marriage market's trap - each setting impossible standards they're certain no one can meet.

George Kingham, a wealthy landowner of considerable pride and sharper wit, believes himself safe behind his demands for intellectual partnership. He has never met a woman capable of matching him... until he does, in the most unexpected moment, across a ballroom floor.

Lady Juliana Brackley refuses to settle for the conventional exchange of wealth and status. She seeks a partner who respects her mind as much as her person, someone who will discuss literature and philosophy over tea, not merely secure her financial future. She considers such men a myth... until she encounters one who infuriates and intrigues her in equal measure.
But when George mistakes her easy companionship with another for romantic attachment, he flees. When Juliana sees him devoted to someone else, her hopes crumble.

What follows is a collision of misunderstandings, missed connections, and the slow, painful recognition that the heart often knows the truth long before the rational mind is willing to admit it.

Through grand balls and intimate conversations, through the interference of well-meaning relatives and the complications of unwanted proposals, George and Juliana must finally confront the one obstacle they cannot overcome through wit or willfulness: their own vulnerability.

For readers who believe that true love requires meeting of minds, that wit is its own form of intimacy, and that sometimes the person who infuriates you most is the one you were always meant to find.

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