The Measure of a Lady

At twenty-nine, Lady Marianne Ellsworth has no intention of handing her failing estate or her future to a husband. She has spent months cutting out corruption, facing down creditors, and proving she can save Ellsworth herself. Then the Duke of Blackmere marches into her stables with armed men and an accusation. Marcus Ashford is a decorated soldier, infuriatingly certain of his authority, and hunting a British intelligence leak hidden inside Marianne's shipments. He suspects she may be involved. Marianne suspects he has never met a woman who refused to obey him. They clash over every order, every risk, every inch of her land. The attraction between them is harder to dismiss. So is the evidence that someone has been using Ellsworth to move military secrets across the Channel and that her father may have discovered it before his fatal riding accident. With Napoleon advancing and the danger closing around her, Marianne needs the truth. Marcus wants her protected. Neither is prepared for how much trusting the other may demand.