It's Marriage or Ruin — Liz Tyner

Miss Emilie Catesby's choice:

A convenient marriage or ruin!

Miss Emilie Catesby lives to paint, but when her mother threatens to take her oils away if she doesn't marry, she must either recklessly ruin herself, or marry jaded Lord Marcus. And when she finds herself compromised into a marriage of convenience with Marcus, her decision is made for her! However, she's now surprised to discover her wifely duties hold much more appeal than her paints…