Alban, Emma R.: Don‘t Want You Like a Best Friend

"It‘s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth‘s skin crawl and she‘d rather be anywhere but here. Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she‘s gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games. ‘Let‘s get [our parents] together, ‘ she says. ... Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage. Now Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that she‘s caught feelings, hard--and they‘re definitely not for her potential fiancâe"--