When Pride Met its Match

When Miss Arabella Fairchild enters London society for her first Season, she is well aware that her family's newly earned fortune places her under the sharp scrutiny of the ton. The daughter of a powerful shipping magnate may possess beauty, wit, and confidence but in the eyes of society, she is still an outsider.

Lord Sebastian Ashford, heir to a dukedom, has spent his life among the old and established families of England. Reserved, principled, and fiercely protective of his reputation, he has little interest in the ambitious new arrivals hoping to climb society's ranks.

But when Arabella Fairchild refuses to be intimidated by him, Sebastian finds himself faced with something entirely unexpected.

A woman who challenges him.
A woman who intrigues him.
A woman he cannot seem to avoid.

As whispered rumors and eager suitors threaten to pull them in opposite directions, their sharp exchanges slowly give way to something far more dangerous than rivalry.

Because pride is a difficult thing to overcome.

But falling in love with one's greatest adversary may prove far more perilous still.