 Leading up to the couple 's marriage , Dain cynically makes many assurances that he will provide for Jessica financially . At one point , Jessica brings a defamation lawsuit against Dain before they agree to convert it into a prenuptial agreement , leading English professor <unk> Kamblé to liken their relationship to " a take @-@ over bid " . Kamblé has studied the presence of capitalism and modern economics on storylines in the contemporary romance genre . To her , while Lord of Scoundrels is a Regency romance novel and thus less apt to depict the types of economic pairings seen in many contemporary romances , Kamblé argues that Dain 's repeated monetary promises still contain " echoes of the kind of wealth , monetary security , and financial reward that the heroes of Harlequin Mills and Boon promise as husbands " . The couple is physically attracted to each other , while financial considerations also play a factor . 
