When duty collides with desire, can love rewrite their fate? Mr. Evander Addington had his life carefully mapped out—a quiet, predictable future as a Fellow at Oxford.
But everything changed when his older brother unexpectedly passed away, making Evander the reluctant heir to an earldom.
Suddenly thrust into the spotlight of the ton, Evander finds himself in a world he never wanted to be a part of. The only decision still within his control? Whom he would marry.
And for that, he chooses the one woman he’s always loved—Lady Olivia Kendall.
After a scandal ruined her reputation, Olivia never dreamed of marriage. Branded by Society, she had resigned herself to a quiet life as a spinster.
So when Evander—her dearest friend—proposes a marriage of convenience, she is torn. The union could restore her standing, but what would it cost him?
And would he come to resent the very offer that could save her?
