The Improper Playwright
Summerville, Margaret
No Role For A Lady

Beautiful young Lady Verity de Lacy had a shocking secret talent and an even more scandalous hidden ambition.  She wrote rivetingly romantic plays, and longed to see them performed in public.

Should the truth come out, her parents would be furious, her engagement to the sterling Marquess of Dorchester would be ended, and her reputation would be ruined.  Yet she sent her latest dramatic creation to the handsome Brutus Ranley -- a lord of the realm, a reigning star of the theater, and the king of rakes -- even though she might lose not only her good name but her virtue and even her heart...