Cover of The Lady Most Likely...

The Lady Most Likely...

Julia Quinn

Lady Most... #1

historical romance(16k)

An earl's sister forces him to host a house party full of eligible ladies — but love has its own plans.

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A Novel in Three PartsHugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs a wife—so his sister hands him a list of the very best young ladies on the market. And then, because he refuses to tear himself away from the stables where he trains Arabian racehorses, she invites all those ladies to a house party, along with some other bachelors, of course. So who will Hugh choose? The Botticelli-esque, enchanting Gwendolyn? The outspoken, delightful Katherine? If he doesn't work fast, he'll lose those ladies to his closest friends, and then where will he look for a wife? Perhaps, just perhaps, toward a lady who's not on a market at all, and would require a great deal of persuading...

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