Unlikely Suitor

At twenty-three and a bluestocking to boot, Miss Lavender Brabant feels her chances of marriage have passed her by.But the problem isn''t that she''s never met a man to make her pulse race. It''s that she''s an admiral''s daughter–and the man of her dreams is a shopkeeper''s son. Barnabas Hammond has the looks and confidence to mingle with all circles of society.And to Lavender''s amazement he is both well-read and a superlative swordsman. Could it be that this unlikely suitor is more suitable than he at first appears?