Because You’re Mine

Lady Madeline Matthews runs away from an arranged marriage and decides that scandal is the surest way to make herself unacceptable to her intended husband. She approaches celebrated actor-manager Logan Scott, but the bargain she imagines becomes a more complicated struggle over trust, reputation and genuine choice.

Set around the London theatre, the novel contrasts aristocratic marriage strategy with the precarious independence of professional performers. It treats the stage as both a business and a social borderland where women can work publicly while remaining vulnerable to gossip and male authority.