


Kit's Drunken Friends: Bet you 50 bucks you can't marry Lauren Edgeworth by the end of June! Well-Meaning Relatives: Lauren, you should get married again. But how will he convince her that the best ending to a fake engagement is a real wedding? The Rub: His relationship with Lauren may be false, but his feelings for her are increasingly real.

What's the best way to avoid an unwanted engagement? Fake another engagement - to a different woman. The Dude: Christopher "Kit" Butler, Viscount Ravensberg. The Rub: While marriage is out of the question, a bogus engagement to a scoundrel is perfect - and it keeps her well-meaning relatives from meddling. After being humiliatingly abandoned at the altar, this well-bred lady has no intention of entering into marriage ever again.
