The Marriage Method

The Academy always comes first . . . which makes marriage to its most formidable adversary an exceedingly inconvenient arrangement. Well removed from LondonΓÇÖs more curious eyes,the Benevolent Academy for the Betterment of Young Ladies strives toward one clandestine goal: to distractdisruptand discredit men in power who would seek to harm the advancement of womenΓÇöby appropriate meansof course. When intrepid newspaper editor Miles Quincey starts to question the schoolΓÇÖs intentionsthe Academy appoints Penelope ΓÇ£NellΓÇ¥ Trewloveone of their brightest graduatesto put this nuisance to rest. An easy enough missionshe supposes. Or it would beif Miles wasnΓÇÖt so fascinatingΓÇötoo fascinating to resistΓÇöand if NellΓÇÖs visit to London didnΓÇÖt perfectly coincide with the murder of one of MilesΓÇÖs reporters. When the inexorable claws of fate trap Nell and Miles in a compromising situationthey agree to an arrangement that will save their reputations while enabling them to investigate the story that led to a manΓÇÖs deathas well as the surprising chemistry between them . . .