Lady Average’s Unexpected Admirer by Amanda Stones

She didn’t know how beautiful she was, this girl who called herself “Lady Average”. Everything about her was perfect. A glance from her melting brown eyes soothed his soul, a twitch of her lips was his joy, her laughter was his music. He could not deny the love in his heart for her, but could he ever hope to make her his without revealing his secret and jeopardizing his chosen path?
Piers Wellbelove is the 5th Marquess of Lorne and heir to the Duke of Lelandshire. But he’s rejected rank and fortune to marry medicine instead, planning to treat the poor by opening a free health clinic. That means finding patients who can pay to help those who can’t. Reluctantly, Piers must work for the people he has rejected – the ton. When he attends a certain injured earl’s daughter and begins to fall for her, he faces a dilemma: A lowly physician is not a suitable match for one of her status. Only if he puts his career on the line by revealing his true lineage can he ever hope to make her his.
Athena Crossland is “Lady Average”, the middle one of two beautiful, talented sisters she believes she can never compete with for a gentleman’s attention. Free from parental expectation until her elder sister marries, Athena throws herself into the Season with no thought of romance. Then, an injury brings a young, handsome physician into her life, whose face and touch she can’t forget, and her world is overturned.

How can an earl’s daughter love a mere physician without risking the wrath of Society? When she finds out who the doctor is and how he’s lied to her, it seems like the end of the world. But maybe it’s just the beginning…