title: Never Let Me Go
author: Fox, Joan M.
description: In Regency England, an anniversary celebration, mischievous young wards, scheming marriage prospects, a vicious villain, and a persistent suitor are only a few impediments holding up Horatio Tallwood-Smythe's “wedding of inconvenience” needed to secure his inherited title.
  
  Luckily, aristocratic friends, a pair of oldsters, and a Jack Russell terrier assist the burly viscount's less-than-courtly wooing of a feisty bluestocking he nicknames “Lady Bountiful.”
  
  Unmarried, tall, and voluptuously endowed, Lady Bountiful, Anabel Satterley tries not to fall in love with the domineering, infuriating ex-soldier and forget him. Instead, she finds she's done the opposite, and he and his wards are never out of her mind or heart.
  
  Who will get the better of two stubborn, strong-willed, unlikely lovers?
  
  Horatio Tallwood-Smythe, the new Lord Wentworth, must marry to secure his new title and his fortune. Horatio also inherits two young female charges, which he has no idea what to do with on his own. Horatio hires his solicitor, Spoon, to advertise for a wife for him, one who must be strong, respected and be prepared to take on the responsibilities of his young charges. Horatio is confident that it won't take long to find a wife and has the future mapped out as such that, he will continue on with his life as usual.
  
  When Horatio encounters a young woman traveling alone, he is perplexed at her independence, her sass and everything about her. Lady Bountiful, as Horatio thinks of her, is like no woman he has ever known and he is intrigued by her. When Lady Bountiful suffers a sprained ankle while walking, Horatio takes care of her and takes her to the home of his friend, only to discover that it was the lady's intended destination to begin with.
  
  Anabel Satterley and Horatio soon find themselves the project for matchmakers. Their friends and entourage set out to bring Anabel and Horatio together, solving all of their problems. But are Anabel and Horatio a perfect match? Can they overcome the obstacles in their path to happiness?