Can a well-bred young lady transform a London dockworker into a marriageable gentleman? Well-bred, well-dressed, and well-read, Henrietta, Harriet, and Hero are best friends who have bonded over good books since their schooldays. Now these cultured ladies are ready to create their own happy endingseach in her own way... Lady Henrietta Parker, daughter of the Earl of Blakemoor, has turned down many a suitor for fear that the ton's bachelors are only interested in her wealth. But despite the warnings of her dearest friends, Harriet and Hero, she can't resist the challenge rudely posed by her stepsister: transform an ordinary London dockworker into a society gentleman suitable for the ';marriage mart.' Only after a handshake seals the deal does Retta fear she may have gone too far... When Jake Bolton is swept from the grime of the seaport into the elegance of Blakemoor House, he appears every inch the rough, cockney working man who is to undergo Retta's training in etiquette, wardrobe, and elocution. In fact, Jake himself is a master of deceptionwith much more at stake than a drawing room wager. But will his clandestine mission take second place to his irresistible tutor, her intriguing proposal... and true love? Praise for the writing of Wilma Counts ';Counts keeps the pace at a gallop and the romantic tension sizzling.' Publishers Weekly