A Painting for the Viscount

A Lord on the brink of ruin…

An aspiring artist, forced into marriage…

A sham marriage to solve all their problems.

He is in want of money.

In dire need of funds, Henry Thornton struggles to provide for his five sisters after the untimely demise of their parents. Facing the debtor’s prison, Henry becomes a reluctant fortune hunter. Little does he anticipate that Rosalind, the daughter of a wealthy duke, would hand him the lifeline they both desperately seek.

She is in want of a husband.

Facing the life of a solitary spinster, Rosalind Dearling must be wedded by the end of the Season or face her father’s wrath. But marriage is the last thing she wants, envisioning instead the life of a successful miniature painter. When a chance encounter with the handsome Lord Thornton blossoms into a friendship, they devise a sham marriage that grants her the freedom to pursue her artistic passions. But when a dark secret is revealed, what will she do about the passions of her heart?

This closed-door Regency romance is the first novel in the 'Ladies of Accomplishment series. Each book stands alone, so readers can jump in wherever they please.