An Unwilling Lady, Prequel to Love, Most Ardently Series

An Unwilling Lady is a flash fiction prequel to the Love, Most Ardently Series.

Miss Wilhemina Rose Middleton is a reluctant debutante and country gentleman’s daughter, unimpressed with society’s standards of courtship.

The Duke of Heighbury is a prominent man of means and title, vexed by society’s expectations of the gentry.

During the London season, a chance meeting in a ballroom appears to be a random, forgettable occasion. When the duke openly rebuffs a country gentleman’s daughter at the ball, it proves Willa’s disdain for courtship practices. In spite of being a reluctant debutante, her delicate ego is bruised by his flippant dismissal while the duke appears too distracted and ignorant of his self-absorbed slight of An Unwilling Lady.

When their paths cross again a year later, can Willa elude an arranged marriage to the suddenly eager man who ignored her at a London ball or will she yield her heart and hand to The Duke’s Last Word?