Much Ado About You / Eloisa James 391 p. Dec. Challenge Gold Rings

Three orphan sisters come to live with their guardian, the Duke of Holbrook. After preparing for young girls, is he surprised to find young ladies!  Tess Essex, the oldest, vows to marry well and quickly so that she can help her sisters find matches.  As all well made plans, things go awry when one of her sisters elopes with a horse-mad young lord.  (The sisters have a rather unusual dowry...a race horse each).  Then Tess's fiance (not a love match) ups and runs away.  That leaves Tess to consider marriage with the sort of man she wants to avoid... a rake.  Her sisters point out that this is a good match, he is rich, he's handsome, and he is here.  Love has a way of winning out.  But it is not a clear straight path.