When Woman Proposes

In 1899, a wealthy heiress does the unthinkable: she proposes to a man who has sworn never to marry. Natalie Spencer sees Captain Mowbray across a crowded reception room and decides, in that instant, that he will be her husband. There's only one problem: he finds the very idea of marriage unbearable and has no intention of ever taking a wife. What follows is a sparkling comedy of wit, persistence, and one woman's refusal to accept that 'no' is a final answer. Anne Warner wrote this novel when a woman proposing was still scandalous, and she infuses every page with the audacity of her premise. The chemistry crackles between her determined heroine and her stubbornly resistant hero, making their eventual surrender as satisfying as it is inevitable. This is a book that celebrates female agency at a time when women were expected to wait, smile, and accept whatever fate handed them. It is for readers who adore Regency romances, appreciate sharp wit, and believe that sometimes the best love stories are the ones where the woman refuses to take no for an answer.