[Women of Worth 05] • Love in the Ballroom

He cannot obtain his fortune without first obtaining a bride.

Charlotte Clarke wants nothing more than to experience a London Season. But when she finds out she has to wait another year due to her sister's recent pregnancy, she is crushed. All is not lost as a letter arrives soon after summoning Charlotte to Willsborough to meet her new guardian, John Wilkins. With little choice but to go, she determines to contrive a way to convince her new guardian to take her to London in her sister's stead.

John Wilkins spent the last four years running his family's plantation in the Caribbean. When he returns to England upon his father's death, he learns that not only is he the guardian of his estranged cousin, but his father ammended his will: John will not inherit anything until he marries. Eager to attend the Season and obtain a bride, he agrees to take Charlotte with him on the condition that she tutors him in the way to a woman's heart.

Charlotte takes on the challenge, assisting Mr. Wilkins in finding a suitable bride. But what she doesn't count on is falling in love with him herself.

A clean and wholesome Regency romance, Love in the Ballroom is the fourth book in the Women of Worth series. It can be read as a stand-alone romance, but is best enjoyed in proper order.

Book one: Love in the Bargain

Book two: Love for the Spinster

Book three: Love in the House Party

Book four: Love in the Wager