The Mad Miss Mathley Author:Michelle Martin Ordered to marry the next man who offered, Melinda Mathley devised a scheme to provide so horrific a match that her father have to retract his demand. Her "engagement" to notorious Lord Carlton would halt her parents' matchmaking -- while offering Carlton the entry to Society that years of being a scoundrel had stolen. — Yet Melinda... more » had the tendency to land in the most absurd scrapes, and she now pulled Carlton along with her. Rescuing fallen women, forestalling a duel, and aiding and abetting an elopement were not good omens for Carlton's respectability. They were, however, the surprisingly passionate beginning of something quite suitable for the ton's most unsuitable pair....« less