The Gentleman's Rules — Eleanor Meyers

Grace Sticklander has been sheltered from the world. As an illegitimate daughter of a peer, she never had a season.  But now … she is taking her first steps out of the country and into London. Full of hope and excitement, she's ready to take on the city. Can she also take on a man who had less warmth than a London cloudy day and is it as hard as the city sidewalk? Christmas Smith wants nothing to do with Grace or marriage. He learned as an orphan that few could be trusted, but in order to keep his fortune he'll court her without any intentions of marriage. But intentions change when hearts meet and suddenly a gray day in London doesn't seem so bad.When the truth about what brought them together is revealed, can their love survive? The book is a full-length regency romance in the historical romance genre.