Books like Surprising Lord Jack by Sally MacKenzie

Frances Hadley has long overseen her family’s estate but finds herself trapped by her mother’s insistence that she marry better. Determined to claim her own dowry, she decides to travel to London, but she will not do so openly as a woman. After a swift haircut and a pair of breeches, Frances adopts a male disguise, freeing herself from the constraints of her society. Jack Valentine, the third son of the famed Duchess of Love, is quickly groping through blithely pursuing young ladies; one in particular has literally rattled him from his own home party. As he seeks a quiet respite, he finds an inn with a single room left on the last night. He shares that night with a daring red‑headed youth who offers a lively companionship. Together the two men—one true duke, the other a disguised lady—convene for a resolve. Their journey to London becomes an escape from domineering family traditions and society’s flirtatious intrigues, plating a spirited romantic comedy set in late‑eighteenth‑century Britain.

First publish date: 2013