Educating Miss Ainsworth

Miss Marie Ainsworth had always been quite content to simply stay in the background being completely unremarkable. Watching her siblings dazzle London society was more than enough for her. The only problem was that said siblings never seemed content to just let her be. No matter how much she protested, they were always trying to convince her that there was so much more she could open herself up to, specifically a certain friend of her elder brother. Losing her final sense of stability, however, put everything about her future to question......

Robert Calvert was not a fool. There were a great many things he knew. He knew that he was remarkably perceptive when it came to making money. He knew that it was the only reason most of the ton tolerated him. He knew that no matter what he did, he would never escape the legacy of his lowborn status. He also knew that the quiet, sweet girl he had pined over from the first glance would never be his. At least, that is what he thought he knew......