Can Lord Thomas, Earl of Whitstead, convince his oldest friend that he's in love with her-in just twelve days? Childhood friends Lord Thomas Willoughby, Earl of Whitstead and Lady Phillipa Elmsworth are sick of the marriage-minded mayhem of the London Season. When Thomas proposes that they wed to escape the heartbreak and heartache they see around them, Pip gamely accepts. After all, almost no one is marrying for love in London...