The Brazen Bluestocking

Lady Hildegard Templeton, cast out by polite society, has built a life and a livelihood running The Duchess Society, an organization that helps women negotiate fair marriage contracts and secure their futures. Tobias Streeter is a self-made shipping magnate seeking to buy his way into social legitimacy through a marriage of convenience. When their carefully laid plans collide, mutual attraction threatens to upend both of their agendas, pulling them toward a forbidden romance neither expected. Book one of Tracy Sumner's "The Duchess Society" series.