Title: The Calico Countess
First published: May 1, 1984
Description: Headstrong Lorna Jarrett manages to forestall Lord Peter Truesdale’s lackluster proposal to her young cousin Melanie, but is then a few months later forced by circumstance to marry him herself. Unfortunately she and her new groom had already spent so much time sparring with each other that neither seemed to notice that they were actually falling in love. Lord Peter’s meddling great-aunt meanwhile continues to try and get the two to recognize what they mean to each other.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Frost fair, Marriage of convenience, London season, Fiction, general
Places: London
People: Lorna Jarrett, Lord Peter Truesdale
Time periods: Regency Era