Books like A lakeside season by Cleo Chadwick

Miss Maidie Worthing should be wed. The gossips of the ton begrudgingly concede that her wardrobe is smashing, her face is angelic and her fortune makes her a catch. But her papa is a scandal. Poor Maidie has been unmatched for seasons because he has forbidden her to marry a nobleman. As the owner of a London bank, he wants a son-in-law who is willing to change his name to "Worthing"--and ready to work! So now poor Maidie must spend the summer in England's rural Lake District...surrounded by bumpkins, poets, painters and other assorted eccentrics. There's not a frippery or a fop for miles...or anyone worth flirting with except plain Mister Gilmichael, who charms like a prince, kisses like a king...and just happens to be a marquis in disguise. Now Maidie is in a dither, a dilemma, and hopelessly in love. Bufore the summer ends, she must either disobey her father...or her heart!

First publish date: 1995