Джорджетт Хейер: A Civil Contract

Although Jenny Chawleigh was bright, well-mannered, and an heiress, she was no match for Julia Oversley, the love of handsome Adam Deveril s life. But Adam desperately needed money to keep his fatherless family together, and a marriage to Jenny would solve all his problems. And Jenny s father, a man of great wealth and ambition for his daughter, was only too happy to arrange a suitable match for her.

But Adam didn t reckon with the Jenny nobody knew, or the unknown quality that lay hidden behind her demure and plain facade….