title: The Country Mouse
author: Watson, Jessie
description: Can a demure spinster find true bliss with a notorious rake?
  
  A CAPABLE COUNTRY MOUSE
  The noise, pretension, and insalubrious odors of London have driven Miss Lavinia Taylor to a Cotswold village--and a larger residence to accommodate her collection of stray animals. Her serene existence, however, is soon turned upside down by the neighbor she rescues from a curricle accident. For while Charles Templeton may be a marquess and the handsomest of men, she judges him quite the clumsiest gentleman of her acquaintance. Why, then, is everyone below stairs plotting a match between them?
  
  AN UPROOTED MAN-ABOUT-TOWN
  A scandalous liaison has necessitated Charles's abrupt return to his estate. But country life quite robs him of his savoir faire--not to mention his skill with the ribbons! And he cannot seem to win an argument with the sensible, bold Lavinia--whom he deems a dowd even while he finds himself at her mercy. How is it his servants find her as admirable as he finds her maddening...and, he must soon admit, captivating? This once-debonair lord must prove himself polished enough to engage her affections and win her heart forever...
  
  Hero: Charles Templeton
  Heroine: Miss Lavinia Taylor