Bluestocking Emma Sellars wants to be a doctor, but her parents would rather see her as a bride. Her sisters are determined to find her a husband before the Season ends but Emma has other plans. Lord Thomas Belmont’s interest lies not in the Season but in the pockets of the affluent travelers coming in on the London highways. A chance meeting with Emma in a bookstore makes him wonder whether he can trade his pistol for a wedding band, but the choice between love and duty is harder than he ever thought possible.
