A Marriage of Convenience — Barbara Allister

Between Two Fires

Beautiful and spirited Jane Stanfield had made her choice between her two childhood friends, the dashing Lord Langston and the devoted Stephen Middleton. She had chosen to listen to Langston's impassioned proposal and turned her back on Stephen's gentle sweetness.

That was before her family's ruin wrecked her marriage plans. That was before she was reduced to being paid companion to Langston's mother while Langston himself had to hunt a wealthy wife in the marriage mart. Now Stephen had returned from abroad a new man, determined this time to get what he wanted. And Langston refused to let her love any man but him. Which left Jane to choose once again -- having learned all too well that the last thing in the world she could trust was her heart....