The Other Harlow Girl

Lavinia Harlow, twenty-four and proud of her sensible nature, is a devoted gardener who has never thought of herself as the sort of woman who causes a stir. When the Marquess of Huntly puts her name forward for membership in the British Horticultural Society, the idea shocks everyone: a woman in such a respectable circle is unthinkable. The nomination is a jab made in jest after she mocked his writing, and Vinnie quickly drafts a courteous refusal. Yet everyone around her insists she decline at once, the marquess most of all. Vinnie finds his learning about plants and his maddening polish infuriating, and she resolves to show him she cannot be so easily dismissed.