The Runaway Heiress and the Baron

(From Manhattan to Mayfair, Book One)

Lenore Webber-Garvey is a New York railroad heiress with a fortune as eye-watering as her family’s ambitions—but no say in how it’s spent. Promised to a cold English duke in a transatlantic alliance, Lenore refuses to become another pawn in her family’s social ascent. On the day of her wedding, she flees the church, vanishing into the busy streets of London.

Her only refuge is Auberon, Baron Ivestone, a thoughtful and honorable gentleman devoted to reforming England’s prisons. The last thing he needs is a runaway bride hiding under his roof, yet the more he comes to know the spirited American heiress, the harder it becomes to imagine letting her go.

Society does not easily forgive a runaway bride, and neither do the powerful men her disappearance embarrassed. If Lenore refuses to return to the duke, Auberon could lose everything he’s spent years trying to build. But if she leaves, she’ll lose the one man who values her heart more than her fortune.