An Accidental Elopement by Emilie Jacobsen

She is ready to settle for a marriage without love. He never wants to marry. But their meeting is explosive.

After an unrequited dalliance, Cecilia Gaywood is certain that she will not be able to hold her husband's attention for long. Thus she seeks a loveless but comfortable union.

Archie Montagu has never considered marriage seriously; he is content being a bachelor with all that it entails, not least female company.

But when he meets Cecilia he is intrigued from the start, despite her being an innocent and probably very soon the finace of someone else. Cecilia tries to both hide and fight her attraction to him, but despite their efforts friendship slowly blossoms between them.

So much so, when Cecilia asks Archie to take her to leave with her, he does so without thinking about the consequences and soon the two find themselves married.

But Cecilia is still certain that she cannot hold her...