Lady Suspicious

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>She's determined not to be taken in by a rogue. He's got a collection of friends and relatives making him appear to be just that.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lady Winsome Nicolet sixth daughter of the Duke of Pelham has educated herself on a steady diet of gothic novels. She's read it all-innocent ladies put in terrible danger by villains of every description. She's also overheard her fair share of real-life stories of ladies being taken in. Rogues might be everywhere but she can spot them.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Unfortunately the one man she is wildly attracted to seems to be just the sort of gentleman that ought to set her running in the other direction.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Leland Dunmore Marquess of Manderbey and only son of the Duke of Albany met Lady Winsome at her sister Lady Verity's wedding breakfast. The lady was not yet out but she would be the next season and he's been thinking of her ever since. When they meet again she is everything he'd hoped for.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Unbeknownst to him several of the people in his sphere are inadvertently or deliberately giving Lady Winsome the impression that he is exactly the sort of man she is determined to avoid. One of them might even take the thing to dangerous heights.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>A suspicious lady and a gentleman appearing to be a rogue could not possibly have a chance at success. But then perhaps claiming a thing is impossible is foolhardy if those two people are particularly determined.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Tropes you'll love:</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rogue vs. Lady</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mistaken identity / misunderstood intentions</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Suspicious heroine smitten hero</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Society gossip & reputations</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Big family dynamics (sixth daughter of a duke)</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Protective nobleman with a bad reputation</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Dangerous meddling / outside interference</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Love against appearances</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sweet Regency romance</span></li></ul>