The Bridemaker

THE BRIDEMAKER'S RULES:
1) TEACH YOUNG LADIES HOW TO ATTRACT THE BEST POSSIBLE HUSBAND 2) DRESS CONSERVATIVELY, SO YOU WILL NEVER OUTSHINE YOUR STUDENT
3) NEVER, EVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR STAR PUPIL'S BEAU...

She's called "the Bridemaker," but Hester Poitevant prefers to think of herself as the gentle facilitator of marital unions. Hester's popular Mayfair Academy has helped teach many the awkward society miss how to find her way to the altar with the eligible bachelor of her choice. But while her students flirt and mingle, Hester poses as a prim widow -- rather than reveal herself as the never-been-married beauty she truly is...

He made his fortune in America. Now the dashing, scandalously sired Adrian Hawke is in London, determined to fight off the season's most wily debutantes. Adrian isn't fooled by Hester's thin disguise -- for she possesses the soft, womanly curves no somber gown can hide. The question is, why does she dress like a schoolmarm when she could easily make a better match than any of her students? Adrian vows to reveal Hester's most precious secrets. But what he discovers is a woman with a past more complicated than he could ever imagine -- and whose beauty is not just skin-deep...