School for Scoundrels (Book 1)
When Lady Wilhelmina Bettesford's stepmother asks barrister Bram Townsend to pretend to woo her to boost Wilhelmina's popularity, it's up to Wilhelmina to navigate a fake courtship that will keep the family from forcing her into marriage. The trouble is every time Bram takes her in his arms the make-believe passion feels very real. Bram Townsend is a man on the way up: living for his books and his beliefs. Squiring Lady Wilhelmina is hardly an ordeal - she's beautiful, bright, and bold, everything he finds temptin in a woman. She persuaded him to make this impetuous bargain, but how can he convince her to make it real?