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Nobility and Honor are not always the same. Lady Cecily Ballantyne is beautiful, refined, and... days away from being evicted. How can an impoverished, noble widow support her five-year-old daughter? Mr. Nyles J. Hatton is successful, wealthy, and... common. He wants the impossible—to move into the exclusive sphere of the nobility. But when Mr. Hatton overhears Lady Cecily ask a titled gentleman to help her find work, he proposes a better idea, the perfect bargain. Lady Ballantyne will transform Mr. Hatton so he can move among the ton, and he will provide a safe home for her and her daughter and a position for which she is uniquely suited. But what if she finds his rough honesty tempting? What if he finds her graceful courage irresistible? And who is it that threatens Cecily, determined to stop both her and Mr. Hatton from entering society?