The Marriage Method (The Crinoline Academy, #2) by Mimi Matthews

victorian romance • marriage of convenience • slow burn • mystery and suspense • opposites attract

When Penelope “Nell” Trewlove is sent to London to deal with a newspaper editor asking too many questions about the secretive academy she serves, she expects an inconvenient assignment. She does not expect Miles Quincey to be so fascinating, or a compromising situation to turn their professional conflict into a very unexpected marriage.

The Vibe

Nell is intelligent, capable, and fiercely devoted to the Benevolent Academy for the Betterment of Young Ladies, a clandestine institution dedicated to helping women challenge the men and systems determined to hold them back. Her latest assignment takes her from the quiet world of the academy to the bustling offices of the London Courant, where she must contend with its relentlessly curious editor.

Miles Quincey is a newspaper man with a sharp mind, a determined streak, and a talent for asking questions that powerful people would rather leave unanswered. Nell and Miles begin on opposite sides of an investigation, but their growing fascination with each other makes maintaining that distance increasingly difficult.

When circumstances force them into a marriage of convenience, the newlyweds find themselves working together to unravel a dangerous mystery. Their partnership brings plenty of tension, dry wit, unexpected tenderness, and the slow realization that the person standing across the room may be the very person they have been waiting for.

Set in Victorian London and filled with secret societies, newspaper intrigue, determined heroines, and swoony slow-burn romance, The Marriage Method is an excellent choice for readers who love intelligent historical romance with a mystery woven through the love story.

Tropes & Tags

• Victorian romance
• Historical romance
• Marriage of convenience
• Slow-burn romance
• Opposites attract
• Forced proximity
• Mystery and suspense
• Secret academy
• Newspaper editor hero
• Intelligent heroine
• Independent heroine
• Romantic partnership
• London setting
• Feminist themes
• Closed-door romance

Books in Series (In Order)

• Rules for Ruin, #1
• The Marriage Method, #2