u003cbu003eThe Instant u003ciu003eUSA Todayu003c/iu003e Bestseller!u003cbru003e u003cbru003e One of u003ciu003eMarie Claire'su003c/iu003e most anticipated romances of 2021!u003cbru003e One of u003ciu003eCosmopolitan'su003c/iu003e most anticipated fall books of 2021!u003cbru003e A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021!u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Going toe-to-toe with a brooding Scotsman is rather bold for a respectable suffragist, but when he happens to be one's unexpected husband, what else is an unwilling bride to do?u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted just three things in life:u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 1. Acclaim as an artist.u003cbru003e 2. A noble cause.u003cbru003e 3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the u003ciu003egentleu003c/iu003e in gentleman.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Why then does this Oxford scholar find herself at the altar with the darkly attractive financier Lucian Blackstone, whose murky past and ruthless business practices strike fear in the hearts of Britain's peerage? Trust Hattie to take an invigorating little adventure too far. Now she's stuck with a churlish Scot who just might be the end of her ambitions....u003cbru003e u003cbru003e When the daughter of his business rival all but falls into his lap, Lucian sees opportunity. As a self-made man, he has vast wealth but holds little power, and Hattie might be the key to finally setting long-harbored political plans in motion. Driven by an old desire for revenge, he has no room for his new wife's apprehensions or romantic notions, bewitching as he finds her.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e But a sudden journey to Scotland paints everything in a different light. Hattie slowly sees the real Lucian and realizes she could win everything--as long as she is prepared to lose her heart.
