The Marquess's Creative Arithmetic

She needed an escape from a ruinous legal trap. He needed a brilliant accomplice to secure his political future. But in the ruthless world of Mayfair, their fake engagement is about to spark a very real war.

A cynical statesman. A desperate beauty. A forged contract that changes all the rules.

Honoria Knight is entirely done with being a victim of her family's disastrous past. When her treacherous uncle attempts to execute a fraudulent warrant and steal her younger sister's inheritance, Honoria is backed into a corner. Her only weapon? Her razor-sharp wit and a daring, transactional plot to force London's most brilliant, icy politician into a fake betrothal.

Benedict Vaughan, the formidable Marquess of Westbury, is a man of absolute mathematical precision. Poised to claim a powerful seat in the Cabinet, he cannot afford even a whisper of a public deficit or social scandal. When Honoria corners him with an altered contract, he calculates the risks and arrives at a startling conclusion: playing along with this beautiful, sharp-tongued adversary is the only way to destroy his political enemies.