BuckeyeAngel

**I received an ARC of this story in exchange for an honest review**
Noah Winter, The Duke of Anselm, is in need of a wife. When the lady he is courting decides to accept the proposal of someone else, he decides to ask her companion to be his wife. Lady Thea Collins might be a companion but she was raised a lady before she decided to take a job as a companion. Noah thinks she'll work out perfectly. Lady Thea, eventually accepts so that her younger sister will be secured. The only problem is that she has a secret that could ruin their marriage before it even begins.
Aside from his outward appearance of being pragmatic and self described not nice, like Mr. Darcy from P&P, Noah is much different when he's around family and when he's alone with Thea. Even when he is furious over her secret, he can't help but want to get to know her better and to help her any way he can, even if he does tend to run off a bit at first. Thea is another example of females in this time period who end up in a bad circumstance because of her sex. She will do anything for her family, including the extended family she bonds with through her marriage.
Overall, this book is about misunderstandings and significant lack of communication between two people who marry under specific terms. It flowed well and had an unexpected twist in the end. I recommend it to anyone that likes historical romances.