The Dressmaker's Secret Earl

<p><strong>A marriage of convenience to a scoundrel? Not if Augusta can help it.</strong></p><p>The impoverished daughter of a baronet Augusta has no intention of being bartered away like a prize horse. Instead she flees to London determined to forge her own path as a modiste.</p><p>But fate has other plans. On her very first day in the city she crosses paths with a brooding earl-one burdened with a clubfoot and a reputation nearly as scandalous as the proposal she ran from. His captivating sister Mariana is not only Augusta's employer's best client but harbors a secret ambition of her own: to marry the one man society deems wholly unsuitable.</p><p>Drawn into Mariana's reckless schemes of masquerades cross-dressing and Whig intrigue Augusta soon finds herself entangled in more than just scandal-she's losing her heart to a man who embodies everything she swore to escape.</p><p>But the earl has secrets of his own. Is he truly the rogue society believes him to be?</p><p>And when Augusta's past comes calling will her newfound independence-and her heart-survive?</p>