The Cygnet: 2 (Hiatt Regency Classics)

A divided heart Though ostensibly in London for her debut Miss Deirdre Wheaton is far more interested in meeting celebrated poets than eligible bachelors. In fact her deepest most secret desire is to have her own poetry published someday...until she meets the Marquis of Wrotham. Once Cupids arrow strikes Deirdre can think of nothing but the handsome nobleman. Determined to give the poets most exalted emotion love a fair try she goes about transforming herself from the ugly duckling of the family into an elegant woman of fashion in order to catch Lord Wrothams eye. But no sooner does she succeed in attracting his notice than she learns that her intended apparently has an aversion to her first love-poetry!A prize worth pursuing Though long averse to matrimony the Marquis of Wrotham is now in a position where he must after all choose a bride for the succession. In Miss Deirdre Wheaton Lord Wrotham believes he has finally found a woman who unites beauty breeding humor and intellect. When she suddenly grows cool toward him he is at a loss to explain it. Can he convince the lovely Miss Wheaton that he is her perfect mate after all? (Originally published as The Ugly Duckling by Harlequin Regency Romance.) Book 2 of Brenda Hiatts bestselling Hiatt Regency Classicscollection.