The Matchbreaker of Clarges Street: A Regency Romance Rules and Reckonings

She breaks unwanted matches. He has built his life on keeping his word. Their contract has nine clauses-and not one accounts for desire. London, 1816. To society, Miss Verity Merriweather is an unremarkable spinster with impeccable manners and a talent for going unnoticed. In secret, she is the Matchbreaker-the woman who helps trapped brides escape engagements without losing everything. Julian St. Vier, Duke of Wrexford, is bound to an eleven-year betrothal arranged by his late father. Lady Honoria does not want him, but Julian cannot withdraw without disgrace, a lawsuit, and fresh ruin for the St. Vier name. Only Honoria can end it without reopening the family's old scandals and undoing Julian's eleven-year effort to restore it. She merely has to defy her father before all London. Julian offers to pay triple Verity's usual fee into the fund that supports her former clients. Their nine-clause contract governs everything from improvisation to compliments. But a courtship performed for an audience, a country-house scheme, a relentless gossip writer, and one scandalous parrot soon test every clause. As London watches the Marble Duke court the invisible woman at his side, Verity must decide whether a man's promise can ever be trusted, while Julian must decide whether honour lies in preserving an inherited vow-or choosing a better one. A witty, open-door, dual-POV Regency romance with a complete happily-ever-after.