The Eligible Miss Elliot — Victoria Hinshaw

A WARY HEIRESS
Wealthy Miss Rosalind Elliott is all too aware of what she represents to prospective suitors. In her golden hair, they see the coin of the realm; in her sapphire blue eyes, the value of her investments. She fears becoming hard hearted, yet would rather settle into a dignified spinsterhood than make an attachment with a fortune-hungry man. But her quiet life in Bath becomes considerably more exciting with the arrival of the dashing Captain Philip Caldwell, who brings with him his elderly aunt--her grandmother's nemesis--and an aura of intrigue...

A WORLDLY CAPTAIN
Captain Caldwell left adventure behind when he ended his Naval career. His is a lucrative retirement, but that is a fact he cares not to flaunt. Accompanying his Aunt Isiline to Bath is a chore he dreads--until he crosses paths with the charming Rosalind Elliott. It seems his elderly aunt and Rosalind's beloved grandmama were once bosom friends--until vicious Bath gossips drove them apart. When Rosalind proposes a scheme to reunite the two ladies, Philip soon finds his head--and heart--preoccupied with a proposal of quite a different nature...