How to Best A Marquess was the perfect wrapup to Janna Macgregor’s groundbreaking Widow Rules series. This series has been characterized by its focus on unconventional heroines, unusual relationships and intimate scenes so hot they light the pages on fire.If she doesn’t want to be bartered off to groom more than three times her age, Beth has to find her lost dowry. Her only hope is retracing the steps of her deceased bigamist partner. But she can’t do it by herself. So she seeks the help of the one man who has every reason to refuse her. But he made her a promise and it’s time to extract it.Julian is her former fiance and he’s been pining since their broken engagement. He’ll never admit it though. He’d rather just be surly and recalcitrant. He agrees to the madcap roadtrip despite his misgivings, because he wants to keep Beth out of trouble and protect her. But we all know what happens when you’re stuck in a carriage with someone for DAYS. We all know what happens when THERE’S ONLY ONE BED. We all know what happens when he FINALLY LOSES HIS CONTROL.When everything falls in place, but not the way you expected, and the journey becomes the most important destination because it shows you who your person is, what do you do?Beth wants a lover. Her reputation is tainted and she’s not going to jeopardize his future,Julian wants marriage and children. And he only wants them with her.How does he convince her that he’s her HEA and she’s his?MY FAVORITE QUOTES“Let me hold you,” he said softly, then dismounted. Two huge granite lions flanked the estate’s entrance. He’d always thought they stood watch over the home and the people who resided there. Tonight, they, along with him, would watch over his precious Beth.If she didn’t have him in her life, it would be a rather bleak existence. Like living her life in the darkness without any light.This was home. This was always home. During these days, she had discovered that whenever she was lost or angry or sad it was Julian’s arms she sought. It was his comfort that made her feel whole again.Look at me,” he softly commanded. Only when she forced her gaze to his did he continue, “You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. And that beauty is not only on the outside, but more importantly, it’s on the inside as well.” He placed one hand between her breasts where her heart pounded. “In this special place where it counts.”