title: The Fortune Hunters: Dazzling Women and the Men They Married
author:  Charlotte Hays 
description: <DIV><DIV><B>Charlotte Hays</B> has been a gossip columnist for the <I>New York Daily News</I>, <I>The New York Observer</I>, and <I>The Washington Times</I>. She is coauthor of <I>Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Southern Ladies' Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral</I> and <I>Somebody Is Going to Die If Lilly Beth Doesn't Catch that Bouquet: The Official Southern Ladies' Guide to Hosting the Perfect Wedding.</I></DIV></DIV>
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  Charlotte Lightwood has one season to find a husband or she’ll be forced to
  marry her guardian’s loathsome cousin. With no title or dowry, she doesn’t
  have much hope of making a good match. Sebastian Wilkinson, the Earl of
  Marley, has been the most eligible bachelor on the marriage mart for more
  years than he cares to count and is very aware of his duty to marry a woman
  who will add to the wealth and stature of his title. Sebastian makes Charlotte
  an offer she can’t refuse: he will pretend to court her to help her attract
  more suitors in exchange for her advice about which ladies he should pursue.
  As they work together, their mutual attraction grows. When they realize they
  just might be perfect for one another, they must decide whether to bow to the
  dictates of society or follow their hearts.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Dedication](index_split_005.html#filepos5228)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](index_split_006.html#filepos5383)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter Two](i