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Ava Russell has promised herself she'll never marry. Men are domineering, insufferable bores, bloated with their own self-importance. She refuses to have a husband ordering her around, ruining her life. Marriage is not for her. Former governess and best friend Laurie thinks that she'll change her mind, but Ava's not forced to wed. Her father won't insist, the earl's family line is secured by nephews from two elder brothers. That is, until she meets a man who makes her change her mind. Hugo Wirth must find a wife. Heir to a German duke and head of the family's banking empire, it's his responsibility to secure the succession. He wants to get married but not to one of the false, preening birds of paradise of the ton. He wants a woman who knows her own mind and isn't afraid to speak it. He wants to marry for love. Then he meets Ava. All he has to do is change her mind about marriage, and about him. Will Ava abandon her principles, her projects, and wed Hugo? Will he convince her to do so?