How to Best a Marquess by Janna MacGregor

But now she’s on his doorstep, asking for use of his carriage and accompaniment on the hunt to find her lost dowry. Grayson has had a heart of stone ever since his engagement to Beth Howell went down in flames―long before she married that cad, Meri, and sealed her own fate for good. Julian Raleah, Marquess of Grayson, cares not a whit for social norms and generally growls at anyone in his path. To find it, Beth will have to leave town and retrace Meri’s steps if she’s to take her future into her own hands. But her now-deceased husband, Meri, absconded with her money mere days after their illegitimate marriage. She’d prefer to avoid that dreadful fate. If Beth fails to acquire her funds, her brother will force her to marry someone fifty years her senior and missing half his teeth. After her good-for-nothing first husband married her―and two other women, unbeknownst to them all―she’s left financially ruined and relegated to living with her brother, who cares more for his horses than he does his blood relatives. Yet, knowing she needs him, how can he resist helping her this one last time? And maybe that's just enough time to change the ending to their over-too-soon love story.Synopsis: Beth Howell needs to find her dowry, post haste.

Surely Grayson cannot go on the road with the woman who has occupied his thoughts for the past decade. But now she's on his doorstep, asking for use of his carriage and accompaniment on the hunt to find her lost dowry. Grayson has had a heart of stone ever since his engagement to Beth Howell went down in flames-long before she married that cad, Meri, and sealed her own fate for good. To find it, Beth will have to leave town and retrace Meri's steps if she's to take her future into her own hands. She'd prefer to avoid that dreadful fate. After her good-for-nothing first husband married her-and two other women, unbeknownst to them all-she's left financially ruined and relegated to living with her brother, who cares more for his horses than he does his blood relatives. Beth Howell needs to find her dowry, post haste.

How to Best a Marquess by Janna MacGregor